Bind to 'distutils.log' late in case the loader has changed.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/_distutils_hack/__init__.py b/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
index bcac4111..f7074162 100644
--- a/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
+++ b/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def enabled():
 def ensure_local_distutils():
     clear_distutils()
 
-    # ensure the DistutilsMetaFinder is in place and
+    # With the DistutilsMetaFinder in place,
     # perform an import to cause distutils to be
     # loaded from setuptools._distutils. Ref #2906.
     add_shim()
diff --git a/setuptools/tests/test_test.py b/setuptools/tests/test_test.py
index 2d8a7c5d..08d1329f 100644
--- a/setuptools/tests/test_test.py
+++ b/setuptools/tests/test_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from distutils import log
-
 import pytest
 from jaraco import path
 
@@ -13,7 +11,8 @@ from .textwrap import DALS
 def quiet_log():
     # Running some of the other tests will automatically
     # change the log level to info, messing our output.
-    log.set_verbosity(0)
+    import distutils.log
+    distutils.log.set_verbosity(0)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('tmpdir_cwd', 'quiet_log')