diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
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--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
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-import sys
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-# Make our Windows and macOS wheels platform specific because we embed
-# libmongocrypt. On Linux we ship manylinux2010 wheels which cannot do this or
-# else auditwheel raises the following error:
-# RuntimeError: Invalid binary wheel, found the following shared
-# library/libraries in purelib folder:
-# 	libmongocrypt.so
-# The wheel has to be platlib compliant in order to be repaired by auditwheel.
-cmdclass = {}
-if sys.platform in ("win32", "darwin"):
-    try:
-        from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel
-
-        class bdist_wheel(_bdist_wheel):
-            def finalize_options(self):
-                _bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
-                self.root_is_pure = False
-
-            def get_tag(self):
-                python, abi, plat = _bdist_wheel.get_tag(self)
-                # Our python source is py3 compatible.
-                python, abi = "py3", "none"
-                return python, abi, plat
-
-        cmdclass["bdist_wheel"] = bdist_wheel
-    except ImportError:
-        # Version of wheel is too old, use None to fail a bdist_wheel attempt.
-        cmdclass["bdist_wheel"] = None
-
-
-def parse_reqs_file(fname):
-    with open(fname) as fid:
-        lines = [li.strip() for li in fid.readlines()]
-    return [li for li in lines if li and not li.startswith("#")]
-
-
-extras_require = dict(test=parse_reqs_file("test-requirements.txt"))
-
-setup(
-    cmdclass=cmdclass,
-    install_requires=parse_reqs_file("requirements.txt"),
-    extras_require=extras_require,
-)