diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index eca7b43fd4a3ea8f7a21eb2a4fbdb1aab0cd4fa1..6faef2e65abe138f9ab22c94452c43be0e52c075 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E126,E127,E128,E123,E226,E241,E242
+ignore = E126,E127,E128,E123,E226,E241,E242,E265
 max-line-length=85
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 08c179a471bc7e173d230990e8f98c16dbb17b57..c66b3042a414231358eb645256e78c4b1c5c6f56 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-try:
-    from distutils.command.build_py import build_py_2to3 as build_py
-except ImportError:
-    # 2.x
-    from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
-
 ver_dic = {}
 version_file = open("loopy/version.py")
 try:
@@ -43,7 +37,8 @@ setup(name="loo.py",
           "pyopencl>=2014.1",
           "pymbolic>=2014.1.1",
           "cgen>=2013.1.2",
-          "islpy>=2014.2"
+          "islpy>=2014.2",
+          "six"
           ],
 
       author="Andreas Kloeckner",
@@ -56,6 +51,4 @@ setup(name="loo.py",
           "loopy.kernel",
           "loopy.library",
           ],
-
-      # 2to3 invocation
-      cmdclass={'build_py': build_py})
+      )