diff --git a/acme/setup.py b/acme/setup.py
index e91c36b3d..f8196e953 100644
--- a/acme/setup.py
+++ b/acme/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-apache/setup.py b/certbot-apache/setup.py
index 0e4304300..59ca3ed4a 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-cloudflare/setup.py b/certbot-dns-cloudflare/setup.py
index 8e1f9d28b..d80a1ae20 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-cloudflare/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-cloudflare/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-cloudxns/setup.py b/certbot-dns-cloudxns/setup.py
index 05998ee6a..3bb7457e3 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-cloudxns/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-cloudxns/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-digitalocean/setup.py b/certbot-dns-digitalocean/setup.py
index cd3b0613e..1d7c34197 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-digitalocean/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-digitalocean/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/setup.py b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/setup.py
index 10ee710cd..9c678ec60 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy/setup.py b/certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy/setup.py
index a7f44b989..66f3edd55 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-google/setup.py b/certbot-dns-google/setup.py
index c171e5014..64b332b04 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-google/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-google/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-luadns/setup.py b/certbot-dns-luadns/setup.py
index 2c0e35308..8df4f1735 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-luadns/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-luadns/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-nsone/setup.py b/certbot-dns-nsone/setup.py
index 821a40655..4425ace16 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-nsone/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-nsone/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-rfc2136/setup.py b/certbot-dns-rfc2136/setup.py
index 21d9dec29..6ced18b5d 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-rfc2136/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-rfc2136/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/certbot-dns-route53/setup.py b/certbot-dns-route53/setup.py
index 083cd15ae..9ee587c4e 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-route53/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-dns-route53/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import sys
-
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
 version = '0.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/certbot-nginx/setup.py b/certbot-nginx/setup.py
index 6889d06e4..067f280d4 100644
--- a/certbot-nginx/setup.py
+++ b/certbot-nginx/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/letshelp-certbot/setup.py b/letshelp-certbot/setup.py
index b5be07a59..28ce0e962 100644
--- a/letshelp-certbot/setup.py
+++ b/letshelp-certbot/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee0470d3a..e32925583 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import codecs
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages