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diff --git a/setuptools/distutils_patch.py b/setuptools/distutils_patch.py
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-"""
-Ensure that the local copy of distutils is preferred over stdlib.
-
-See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/417#issuecomment-392298401
-for more motivation.
-"""
-
-import sys
-import re
-import os
-import importlib
-import warnings
-
-
-def clear_distutils():
-    if 'distutils' not in sys.modules:
-        return
-    warnings.warn("Setuptools is replacing distutils")
-    mods = [name for name in sys.modules if re.match(r'distutils\b', name)]
-    for name in mods:
-        del sys.modules[name]
-
-
-def enabled():
-    """
-    Allow selection of distutils by environment variable.
-    """
-    which = os.environ.get('SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS', 'local')
-    return which == 'local'
-
-
-def ensure_local_distutils():
-    clear_distutils()
-    distutils = importlib.import_module('setuptools._distutils')
-    distutils.__name__ = 'distutils'
-    sys.modules['distutils'] = distutils
-
-    # sanity check that submodules load as expected
-    core = importlib.import_module('distutils.core')
-    assert '_distutils' in core.__file__, core.__file__
-
-
-if enabled():
-    ensure_local_distutils()