diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index ffa1cb09c1da..ab72fca4d05e 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -892,7 +892,6 @@ LIBSUBDIRS=	tkinter tkinter/test tkinter/test/test_tkinter \
 		importlib importlib/test importlib/test/builtin \
 		importlib/test/extension importlib/test/frozen \
 		importlib/test/import_ importlib/test/source \
-		setuptools setuptools/command setuptools/tests setuptools.egg-info \
 		turtledemo \
 		multiprocessing multiprocessing/dummy \
 		unittest unittest/test \
diff --git a/Tools/msi/msi.py b/Tools/msi/msi.py
index 31869c73a5a9..eed4a43afdfa 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/msi.py
+++ b/Tools/msi/msi.py
@@ -1049,9 +1049,6 @@ def add_files(db):
         if dir=="command" and parent.physical=="distutils":
             lib.glob("wininst*.exe")
             lib.add_file("command_template")
-        if dir=="setuptools":
-            lib.add_file("cli.exe")
-            lib.add_file("gui.exe")
         if dir=="lib2to3":
             lib.removefile("pickle", "*.pickle")
         if dir=="macholib":