diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fec77775..cd35c3c3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@
 
 import setuptools
 
-# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
-# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
-# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
-try:
-    import multiprocessing  # noqa
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 setuptools.setup(
     setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)