Use the same technique in pkg_resources, relying on an 'extern' module to resolve the conditional import.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/command/egg_info.py b/setuptools/command/egg_info.py
index cf46d24a..18a3105f 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/egg_info.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/egg_info.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pkg_resources import (
     safe_version, yield_lines, EntryPoint, iter_entry_points, to_filename)
 import setuptools.unicode_utils as unicode_utils
 
-from pkg_resources import packaging
+from pkg_resources.extern import packaging
 
 try:
     from setuptools_svn import svn_utils
diff --git a/setuptools/dist.py b/setuptools/dist.py
index 70731225..4964a9e8 100644
--- a/setuptools/dist.py
+++ b/setuptools/dist.py
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ from distutils.errors import (DistutilsOptionError, DistutilsPlatformError,
     DistutilsSetupError)
 
 from setuptools.extern import six
+from pkg_resources.extern import packaging
 
 from setuptools.depends import Require
 from setuptools import windows_support
 import pkg_resources
 
-packaging = pkg_resources.packaging
-
 
 def _get_unpatched(cls):
     """Protect against re-patching the distutils if reloaded