Remove monkeypatching of msvc9compiler. Fixes #3536

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/monkey.py b/setuptools/monkey.py
index fb36dc1a..b881fc80 100644
--- a/setuptools/monkey.py
+++ b/setuptools/monkey.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def patch_for_msvc_specialized_compiler():
         """
         Prepare the parameters for patch_func to patch indicated function.
         """
-        repl_prefix = 'msvc9_' if 'msvc9' in mod_name else 'msvc14_'
+        repl_prefix = 'msvc14_'
         repl_name = repl_prefix + func_name.lstrip('_')
         repl = getattr(msvc, repl_name)
         mod = import_module(mod_name)
@@ -151,20 +151,10 @@ def patch_for_msvc_specialized_compiler():
             raise ImportError(func_name)
         return repl, mod, func_name
 
-    # Python 2.7 to 3.4
-    msvc9 = functools.partial(patch_params, 'distutils.msvc9compiler')
-
     # Python 3.5+
     msvc14 = functools.partial(patch_params, 'distutils._msvccompiler')
 
     try:
-        # Patch distutils.msvc9compiler
-        patch_func(*msvc9('find_vcvarsall'))
-        patch_func(*msvc9('query_vcvarsall'))
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-
-    try:
         # Patch distutils._msvccompiler._get_vc_env
         patch_func(*msvc14('_get_vc_env'))
     except ImportError: