Ensure that removing shim in older setuptools does not error

bdrosen96 · sbidoul · commit 0c9eb969ebc8 · 2022-07-30T11:05:51.000+02:00
diff --git a/news/11314.bugfix.rst b/news/11314.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid  ``AttributeError`` when removing the setuptools-provided ``_distutils_hack`` and it is missing its implementation.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/locations/_distutils.py b/src/pip/_internal/locations/_distutils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # rationale for why this is done within pip.
 try:
     __import__("_distutils_hack").remove_shim()
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, AttributeError):
     pass
 
 import logging

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