remove easy_install and ez_setup

README.rst

@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ Installing
 
 You can install using pip or easy install by issuing the following
 commands in a terminal window (make sure you have correct
-permissions or a virtualenv currently running)::
+permissions or a virtualenv currently running):
 
-    easy_install -U pymodbus
-    pip install  -U pymodbus
+    pip install -U pymodbus
 
 This will install a base version of pymodbus.
 
@@ -175,10 +174,9 @@ Available options are:
 - **development**, installs development tools needed to enable test/check of pymodbus changes.
 
 
-Or to install a specific release::
+Or to install a specific release:
 
-    pip install  -U pymodbus==X.Y.Z
-    easy_install -U pymodbus==X.Y.Z
+    pip install -U pymodbus==X.Y.Z
 
 Otherwise you can pull the trunk source and install from there::
 

doc/INSTALL

@@ -18,18 +18,16 @@ The Windows IOCP reactor requires pywin32 build 205 or later.
 Installation
 -------------
 
-To install the package from pypi, use either easy_install or pip::
+To install the package from pypi, use pip:
 
-    pip install  -U pymodbus
-    easy_install -U pymodbus
+    pip install -U pymodbus
 
-Or to install a specific release::
+Or to install a specific release:
 
-    pip install  -U pymodbus==X.Y.Z
-    easy_install -U pymodbus==X.Y.Z
+    pip install -U pymodbus==X.Y.Z
 
 As with other Python packages, the standard way of installing from source
-is (as root or administrator)::
+is (as root or administrator):
 
     https://github.com/riptideio/pymodbus.git
     git checkout master

setup.py

@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # initialization
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-try:  # if not installed, install and proceed
-    from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-except ImportError:
-    from ez_setup import use_setuptools
-    use_setuptools()
-    from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 try:
     from setup_commands import command_classes
 except ImportError: