diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 75a1551ef..d13253d68 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ before_install:
     - echo -e "[web]\ncacerts = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" >> ~/.hgrc
     - git config --global user.email "python-virtualenv@googlegroups.com"
     - git config --global user.name "Pip"
-install: pip install pytest pytest-xdist git+https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv@develop#egg=virtualenv scripttest>=1.3 mock
+install:
+  - pip install --upgrade setuptools
+  - pip install pytest pytest-xdist git+https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv@develop#egg=virtualenv scripttest>=1.3 mock
 # Using -n 8because multiprocessing says a travis box has 16 CPUs (8 is half)
 script: py.test -n 8
 notifications:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_finder.py b/tests/unit/test_finder.py
index 9b73b8361..16ea03dae 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_finder.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_finder.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class TestWheel:
         """
         Test not finding an unsupported wheel.
         """
-        monkeypatch.setattr(pip.wheel.pkg_resources, "get_distribution", lambda x: Distribution(project_name='setuptools', version='0.9'))
         monkeypatch.setattr(pip.pep425tags, "supported_tags", [('py1', 'none', 'any')])
 
         req = InstallRequirement.from_line("simple.dist")
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ class TestWheel:
         """
         Test finding supported wheel.
         """
-        monkeypatch.setattr(pip.wheel.pkg_resources, "get_distribution", lambda x: Distribution(project_name='setuptools', version='0.9'))
         monkeypatch.setattr(pip.pep425tags, "supported_tags", [('py2', 'none', 'any')])
 
         req = InstallRequirement.from_line("simple.dist")