--- install.py.orig 2020-03-25 12:26:08.000000000 -0400 +++ install.py 2020-04-01 07:49:00.000000000 -0400 @@ -187,17 +187,6 @@ def build_project(project, extra_args): proj_dir = os.path.join(TOPDIR, project) - # First ask distutils to clean up - print("Cleaning {!r} using {!r}".format(project, sys.executable)) - status = subprocess.call([sys.executable, "setup.py", "clean"], cwd=proj_dir) - if status != 0: - print("Cleaning of {!r} failed, status {}".format(project, status)) - return False - - # Explicitly remove the 'build' directory, just in case... - if os.path.exists(os.path.join(proj_dir, "build")): - shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(proj_dir, "build")) - print("Installing {!r} using {!r}".format(project, sys.executable)) status = subprocess.call( [sys.executable, "setup.py", "install"] + extra_args, cwd=proj_dir