diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 489afe8..2f9a3a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-# This is to disable the 'black magic' surrounding versioned repositories... Terrible!
-from setuptools.command import sdist
-del sdist.finders[:]
-
 # Utility function to read the README file.
 # Used for the long_description.  It's nice, because now 1) we have a top level
 # README file and 2) it's easier to type in the README file than to put a raw