diff --git a/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh b/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh
index 2c7b3e0..597d580 100755
--- a/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh
+++ b/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ done
 
 cd /tmp
 
-# Todo: Need to update base image from Debian Stretch for the required Python
-# 3.6 or later
 curl -# -LO https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py
-#curl -# -LO https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py
+# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/2993
+export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
 ${PYTHON} get-pip.py --ignore-installed
 rm get-pip.py