Remove Python 2.5 compatibility for sys.dont_write_bytecode

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/__init__.py b/setuptools/__init__.py
index 6c51072d..ca025c30 100644
--- a/setuptools/__init__.py
+++ b/setuptools/__init__.py
@@ -148,7 +148,3 @@ def findall(dir = os.curdir):
     return all_files
 
 distutils.filelist.findall = findall    # fix findall bug in distutils.
-
-# sys.dont_write_bytecode was introduced in Python 2.6.
-_dont_write_bytecode = getattr(sys, 'dont_write_bytecode',
-    bool(os.environ.get("PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE")))
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 68548272..2e00b996 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import warnings
 import site
 import struct
 
-from setuptools import Command, _dont_write_bytecode
+from setuptools import Command
 from setuptools.sandbox import run_setup
 from setuptools.py31compat import get_path, get_config_vars
 from setuptools.command import setopt
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ See the setuptools documentation for the "develop" command for more info.
                 chmod(f, mode)
 
     def byte_compile(self, to_compile):
-        if _dont_write_bytecode:
+        if sys.dont_write_bytecode:
             self.warn('byte-compiling is disabled, skipping.')
             return