diff -rupN a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py	2022-05-05 15:29:43.000000000 +0000
+++ b/setup.py	2026-04-01 00:16:26.240000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import ez_setup
-
-ez_setup.use_setuptools()
-
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 exec(open("proglog/version.py").read())  # loads __version__