diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f6d545c6..b338c647 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 from subprocess import check_call
 
+from setuptools import Command
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.bdist_egg import bdist_egg
+from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
+from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 
 
 v = sys.version_info
@@ -132,14 +135,9 @@ setup_args = dict(
 )
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# custom distutils commands
+# custom setuptools commands
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# imports here, so they are after setuptools import if there was one
-from distutils.cmd import Command
-from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
-from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
-
 
 def mtime(path):
     """shorthand for mtime"""