diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf6b41c..c2d0e2a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
# version is newer than 0.6a9.dev."
from ez_setup import use_setuptools
-try:
- use_setuptools(download_delay=3)
-except:
- use_setuptools(download_delay=3, version = '20.9.0')
from setuptools import setup, find_packages
from hgsvn import base_version, __doc__ as long_description