diff --git a/scripts/setup_pip.sh b/scripts/setup_pip.sh
index be23b35..8cd22ee 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_pip.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_pip.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ source ${PIPBOOTSTRAP}/bin/activate
 # Upgrade virtualenv, version 20 breaks with missing setuptools
 pip install --upgrade ${PIP_ARGS} 'virtualenv<20'
 
+# Restrict setuptools, version 58 breaks for use_2to3
+pip install --upgrade ${PIP_ARGS} 'setuptools<58'
+
 # Forget the cached locations of python binaries
 hash -r