diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b20692..954bf21 100644
--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-
-# Fake the presence of numpy so import can succeed.
-import sys
-sys.modules['numpy'] = sys.modules['sys']
+from setuptools import setup
 
 import jplephem
 description, long_description = jplephem.__doc__.split('\n', 1)