diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-57.4.0.recipe b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-51.3.3.recipe
similarity index 88%
rename from dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-57.4.0.recipe
rename to dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-51.3.3.recipe
index 02aaff61e..624cedc34 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-57.4.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-51.3.3.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE="Python"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="setuptools-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="e418aa710ab3205c24235e34af8ad6544ffb7d1011cf6896bda0229a20977b39"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="8e45c6cb18f81842421560f788521842572a91a0e64419e338a6a15828ccf076"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="any"
 
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ BUILD()
 		pythonVersion=${PYTHON_VERSIONS[$i]}
 		# GENERIC: all python_setuptools-based installs need this
 		python=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python$pythonVersion/bin/python$pythonVersion
-		pythonVersion=$($python --version 2>&1) | sed -e 's/Python \(.*\)\..*/\1/'
 		installLocation=$prefix/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages/
 
+		$python bootstrap.py
 		$python setup.py build
-		mkdir build/scripts-$pythonVersion
 		mv build build$pythonVersion
 	done
 }
@@ -76,8 +75,12 @@ INSTALL()
 		$python setup.py install \
 			--root=/ --prefix=$prefix --skip-build
 
+		sed -i -e "s|^#\!.*/usr/bin/env python|#!/bin/env python$pythonVersion|" $binDir/easy_install*
+		rm $binDir/easy_install
+
 		packageEntries $pythonPackage \
-			$prefix/lib/python*
+			$prefix/lib/python* \
+			$binDir
 		mv build build$pythonVersion
 	done
 }