diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
index 1c9b2cc6e97f48c3d04e323d4e7548b2a9f18ec4..4f07bcaa56431d3bda4fd3c7e1c4feadc958e0ea 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -106,49 +106,13 @@
     group: "{{ user }}"
     mode: 02750
 
-# @TODO: Get rid of this if possible in Debian Buster.
-# Do not install setuptools when creating the virtual environment -
-# otherwise it will also install Debian-specific pkg-resources
-# package. The pkg-resources package can be removed, but this breaks
-# the package downloading via pip.
-#
-# Install setuptools later on via separate pip invocation.
-#
-# The pkg-resources package is also annoying because it shows-up in
-# the output of the pip freeze command, and also interferes with the
-# virtual environment management using pip-tools.
-#
-# For more details, see:
-#
-# - https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4022
-# - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1635463
-# - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=871790
-
 - name: Create Python virtual environment
-  command: '/usr/bin/virtualenv --no-setuptools --python "{{ python_interpreter }}" --prompt "({{ fqdn }})" "{{ home }}/virtualenv"'
+  command: '/usr/bin/virtualenv --python "{{ python_interpreter }}" --prompt "({{ fqdn }})" "{{ home }}/virtualenv"'
   args:
     creates: "{{ home }}/virtualenv/bin/{{ python_interpreter | basename }}"
   become: true
   become_user: "{{ admin }}"
 
-# @TODO: Park of the pkg-resources described above.
-- name: Install setuptools in virtual environment
-  pip:
-    name:
-      - "setuptools"
-    virtualenv: "{{ home }}/virtualenv"
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ admin }}"
-
-# @TODO: Park of the pkg-resources described above.
-- name: Remove the pkg-resources package from virtual environment (see comments above for details)
-  pip:
-    name: pkg-resources
-    virtualenv: "{{ home }}/virtualenv"
-    state: absent
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ admin }}"
-
 - name: Configure project directory for the Python virtual environment
   template:
     src: "venv_project.j2"