Index: notebook-4.2.0/setup.py
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--- notebook-4.2.0/setup.py
+++ notebook-4.2.0/setup.py	2016-04-18 18:20:06.861233433 +0200
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@
 # Handle scripts, dependencies, and setuptools specific things
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if any(arg.startswith('bdist') for arg in sys.argv):
-    import setuptools
+import setuptools
 
 # This dict is used for passing extra arguments that are setuptools
 # specific to setup