# Remove bdist\_wininst command

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/remove-bdist-wininst-command/6434>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/remove-bdist-wininst-command/6434 "2021-01-01T15:09:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jkloth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/jkloth/32/253_2.png) [@jkloth](https://discuss.python.org/u/jkloth)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/remove-bdist-wininst-command/6434/23 "2021-01-11T17:32:56Z")

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> [@PEP 632 - Deprecate distutils module](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-632-deprecate-distutils-module/5134/38):
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> Given a dedicated maintainer I’m happy to withdraw the PEP (until that maintainer disappears on us).

Point still stands, then I offer to take on the mantle of the entirety of `distutils`.

Things should be much easier now that `setuptools` has its own private copy instead of monkey-patching willy-nilly throughout the `distutils` codebase.

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