diff --git a/fix_virtualenv_setuptools.py b/fix_virtualenv_setuptools.py
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index 98f719d5cf..0000000000
--- a/fix_virtualenv_setuptools.py
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-'''
-Fix setuptools (in virtualenv) after upgrading to distribute >= 0.7.
-'''
-
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
-import glob
-import os
-import shutil
-
-for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(get_python_lib(), 'setuptools-0.6*.egg*')):
-    print 'removing', f
-    if os.path.isdir(f):
-        shutil.rmtree(f)
-    else:
-        os.remove(f)