From bd72b15f88d658e347a38be1bbb21f05b88be46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darryl See Wei Shen <59615070+peanutsee@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:14:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] updated dependency on distutils for python 3.12 and above
 (#1072)

* updated dependency on distutils for python 3.12 and above

* removed unused import
---
 docs/mdx_math_setup.py                | 2 +-
 mlxtend/frequent_patterns/fpcommon.py | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/mdx_math_setup.py b/docs/mdx_math_setup.py
index 8ffc2c7a9..7d870e5c3 100755
--- a/docs/mdx_math_setup.py
+++ b/docs/mdx_math_setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 SUCH DAMAGE.
 """
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 long_description = """This extension adds math formulas support to Python-Markdown_
 (works with version 2.6 or newer).
diff --git a/mlxtend/frequent_patterns/fpcommon.py b/mlxtend/frequent_patterns/fpcommon.py
index 0181e7104..b1a514cd1 100644
--- a/mlxtend/frequent_patterns/fpcommon.py
+++ b/mlxtend/frequent_patterns/fpcommon.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import collections
 import warnings
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion as Version
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd