diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0bed5b9cc7..2d4f85ff939 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+# We can remove this file when the default pip version
+# that Python installs is pip >= 21.3
 from setuptools import setup
-from extension_helpers import get_extensions
 
-setup(ext_modules=get_extensions())
+setup()