diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 2e8659d15da..ac06eee645a 100755
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 from sage.misc.package import is_package_installed_and_updated
 from sage_setup.command.sage_build_ext_minimal import sage_build_ext_minimal
-from sage_setup.command.sage_install import sage_install
 from sage_setup.find import filter_cython_sources
 from sage_setup.cython_options import compiler_directives, compile_time_env_variables
 from sage_setup.extensions import create_extension
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@
     packages=python_packages,
     cmdclass={
         "build_ext": sage_build_ext_minimal,
-        "install":   sage_install,
     },
     ext_modules=extensions
 )