name : bdist_wininst.py import distutils.command.bdist_wininst as orig class bdist_wininst(orig.bdist_wininst): def reinitialize_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=0): """ Supplement reinitialize_command to work around http://bugs.python.org/issue20819 """ cmd = self.distribution.reinitialize_command( command, reinit_subcommands) if command in ('install', 'install_lib'): cmd.install_lib = None return cmd def run(self): self._is_running = True try: orig.bdist_wininst.run(self) finally: self._is_running = False