In distutils hack, use absolute import rather than relative to avoid bpo-30876. Fixes #2352.

_distutils_hack/__init__.py

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class DistutilsMetaFinder:
         class DistutilsLoader(importlib.abc.Loader):
 
             def create_module(self, spec):
-                return importlib.import_module('._distutils', 'setuptools')
+                return importlib.import_module('setuptools._distutils')
 
             def exec_module(self, module):
                 pass

changelog.d/2352.misc.rst

+In distutils hack, use absolute import rather than relative to avoid bpo-30876.