diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml
index 4e31adba0..18ab42a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ jobs:
     # This makes sure the setup_helpers module can build packages using
     # setuptools
     - name: Setuptools helpers test
-      run: pytest tests/extra_setuptools
+      run: |
+        pip install setuptools
+        pytest tests/extra_setuptools
       if: "!(matrix.runs-on == 'windows-2022')"
 
 
@@ -258,8 +260,6 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
 
     - name: Configure
-      env:
-        SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: stdlib
       run: >
         cmake -S . -B build
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml.patch b/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml.patch
index 58f60f41e..9fbf9a547 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml.patch
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- ci.yml	2023-06-07 13:50:35.616653643 -0700
-+++ ci_sh_def.yml	2023-06-07 13:51:11.544607985 -0700
+--- ci.yml	2023-06-10 10:16:11.979371205 -0700
++++ ci_sh_def.yml	2023-06-10 10:17:19.667308150 -0700
 @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 -name: CI
 +# PLEASE KEEP THIS GROUP OF FILES IN SYNC AT ALL TIMES: