[PULL 12/16] python: remove distutils workarounds

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

These are no longer necessary now that we are using Python3.12+.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20260825215851.1780608-13-jsnow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/tests/linters.py | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/tests/linters.py b/python/tests/linters.py
index 82b88aebb20..dd89fb00ba8 100644
--- a/python/tests/linters.py
+++ b/python/tests/linters.py
@@ -83,23 +83,13 @@ def test_mypy_iotests(self):
             cwd="../tests/qemu-iotests/",
         )
 
-    # Setuptools v60 introduced the SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
-    # workaround; stdlib distutils was fully removed in Python
-    # 3.12+. Once we are on >=3.12+ exclusively, this workaround can be
-    # dropped safely. Until then, it is needed for some versions on
-    # Fedora/Debian distributions which relied upon distro-patched
-    # setuptools present in CPython, but not within setuptools itself.
-
     def test_pylint_pkg(self):
-        os.environ["SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS"] = "stdlib"
         check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pylint", "qemu/"])
 
     def test_pylint_scripts(self):
-        os.environ["SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS"] = "stdlib"
         check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pylint", "scripts/"])
 
     def test_pylint_qapi(self):
-        os.environ["SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS"] = "stdlib"
         check_call(
             [
                 sys.executable,
@@ -113,7 +103,6 @@ def test_pylint_qapi(self):
         )
 
     def test_pylint_iotests(self):
-        os.environ["SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS"] = "stdlib"
         check_call(
             [sys.executable, "-m", "linters", "--pylint"],
             cwd="../tests/qemu-iotests/",
-- 
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