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+import sys
+# Remove current dir from sys.path, otherwise distutils will peek up our
+# copy module instead of system.
+sys.path.pop(0)
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='micropython-heapq',
+      version='0.9',
+      description='CPython heapq module ported to MicroPython',
+      url='https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/405',
+      author='CPython Developers',
+      maintainer='MicroPython Developers',
+      maintainer_email='micro-python@googlegroups.com',
+      license='Python',
+      install_requires=['micropython-itertools'],
+      py_modules=['heapq'])