diff --git a/.ci-support/install.sh b/.ci-support/install.sh
index 801fc3955..85d74068f 100644
--- a/.ci-support/install.sh
+++ b/.ci-support/install.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,5 @@ rm -rf $MINIFORGE_INSTALL_DIR/envs/testing/x86_64-conda-linux-gnu/sysroot
 
 MINIFORGE_INSTALL_DIR=.miniforge3
 . "$MINIFORGE_INSTALL_DIR/bin/activate" testing
-
-# Workaround for /~https://github.com/mpi4py/mpi4py/issues/157
-# Revisit this by Feb 2022
-export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
-
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 python setup.py install