Comment out step that is breaking?

build_tools/build_requirements.txt

@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@ twine>=1.13.0
 readme_renderer
 matplotlib
 urllib3
-importlib-metadata<8.3.0

setup.py

@@ -72,25 +72,25 @@
     'sdist,'
 }
 
-if SETUPTOOLS_COMMANDS.intersection(sys.argv):
-    # we don't use setuptools, but if we don't import it, the "develop"
-    # option for setup.py is invalid.
-    import setuptools  # noqa
-
-    print('Adding extra setuptools args')
-    extra_setuptools_args = dict(
-        zip_safe=False,  # the package can run out of an .egg file
-        include_package_data=True,
-        data_files=[
-            ('pmdarima', ['pmdarima/VERSION']),
-        ],
-        # scikit does this:
-        # extras_require={
-        #     'alldeps': REQUIREMENTS
-        # }
-    )
-else:
-    extra_setuptools_args = dict()
+# if SETUPTOOLS_COMMANDS.intersection(sys.argv):
+#     # we don't use setuptools, but if we don't import it, the "develop"
+#     # option for setup.py is invalid.
+#     import setuptools  # noqa
+#
+#     print('Adding extra setuptools args')
+#     extra_setuptools_args = dict(
+#         zip_safe=False,  # the package can run out of an .egg file
+#         include_package_data=True,
+#         data_files=[
+#             ('pmdarima', ['pmdarima/VERSION']),
+#         ],
+#         # scikit does this:
+#         # extras_require={
+#         #     'alldeps': REQUIREMENTS
+#         # }
+#     )
+# else:
+#     extra_setuptools_args = dict()
 
 
 # Custom clean command to remove build artifacts -- adopted from sklearn