diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e2625e7b..4029e9ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import sys
 
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 
 PYPY = hasattr(sys, "pypy_version_info")