diff --git a/recipes/click/__init__.py b/recipes/click/__init__.py
index b141f78..ff0c8ee 100644
--- a/recipes/click/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/click/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class ClickRecipe(PythonRecipe):
         build_env = arch.get_env()
         dest_dir = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python")
         build_env['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dest_dir, 'lib', 'python2.7', 'site-packages')
+        cmd = sh.Command("sed")
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/setuptools/distutils.core/g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
         shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--prefix", dest_dir, _env=build_env)
 
 recipe = ClickRecipe()
diff --git a/recipes/flask/__init__.py b/recipes/flask/__init__.py
index 46ebda9..60bd798 100644
--- a/recipes/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/flask/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class FlaskRecipe(PythonRecipe):
         build_env = arch.get_env()
         dest_dir = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python")
         build_env['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dest_dir, 'lib', 'python2.7', 'site-packages')
+        cmd = sh.Command("sed")
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/setuptools/distutils.core/g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
         shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--prefix", dest_dir, _env=build_env)
 
 recipe = FlaskRecipe()
diff --git a/recipes/itsdangerous/__init__.py b/recipes/itsdangerous/__init__.py
index a6f9f34..e5a3182 100644
--- a/recipes/itsdangerous/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/itsdangerous/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class ItsDangerousRecipe(PythonRecipe):
         build_env = arch.get_env()
         dest_dir = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python")
         build_env['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dest_dir, 'lib', 'python2.7', 'site-packages')
+        cmd = sh.Command("sed")
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/setuptools/distutils.core/g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
         shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--prefix", dest_dir, _env=build_env)
 
 recipe = ItsDangerousRecipe()
diff --git a/recipes/jinja2/__init__.py b/recipes/jinja2/__init__.py
index 5c892bd..75d1a18 100644
--- a/recipes/jinja2/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/jinja2/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Jinja2Recipe(PythonRecipe):
         build_env = arch.get_env()
         dest_dir = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python")
         build_env['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dest_dir, 'lib', 'python2.7', 'site-packages')
+        cmd = sh.Command("sed")
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/setuptools/distutils.core/g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
         shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--prefix", dest_dir, _env=build_env)
 
 recipe = Jinja2Recipe()
diff --git a/recipes/markupsafe/__init__.py b/recipes/markupsafe/__init__.py
index 09a826a..ca3dcf2 100644
--- a/recipes/markupsafe/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/markupsafe/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ class MarkupSafeRecipe(PythonRecipe):
         build_env = arch.get_env()
         dest_dir = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python")
         build_env['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dest_dir, 'lib', 'python2.7', 'site-packages')
+        cmd = sh.Command("sed")
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/,.*Feature//g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/setuptools/distutils.core/g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "/^speedups = Feature/,/^)$/s/.*//g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
+        shprint(cmd, "-i", "", "s/features\['speedups'\].*=.*speedups/pass/g", "./setup.py", _env=build_env)
         shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--prefix", dest_dir, _env=build_env)