diff --git a/lang/python-setuptools/patches/0001-remove-windows-support.patch b/lang/python-setuptools/patches/0001-remove-windows-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a2d50baf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python-setuptools/patches/0001-remove-windows-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/setuptools/dist.py b/setuptools/dist.py
+index 6b9d350..1350e8a 100644
+--- a/setuptools/dist.py
++++ b/setuptools/dist.py
+@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from distutils.errors import (DistutilsOptionError, DistutilsPlatformError,
+ 
+ from setuptools.depends import Require
+ from setuptools.compat import basestring, PY2
+-from setuptools import windows_support
+ import pkg_resources
+ 
+ def _get_unpatched(cls):
+@@ -310,7 +309,6 @@ class Distribution(_Distribution):
+         egg_cache_dir = os.path.join(os.curdir, '.eggs')
+         if not os.path.exists(egg_cache_dir):
+             os.mkdir(egg_cache_dir)
+-            windows_support.hide_file(egg_cache_dir)
+             readme_txt_filename = os.path.join(egg_cache_dir, 'README.txt')
+             with open(readme_txt_filename, 'w') as f:
+                 f.write('This directory contains eggs that were downloaded '