Restore local distutils as the default.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/_distutils_hack/__init__.py b/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
index 5f40996a..0299a779 100644
--- a/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
+++ b/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def enabled():
     """
     Allow selection of distutils by environment variable.
     """
-    which = os.environ.get('SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS', 'stdlib')
+    which = os.environ.get('SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS', 'local')
     return which == 'local'
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c6affe97..4cda3d38 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class install_with_pth(install):
     _pth_contents = textwrap.dedent("""
         import os
         var = 'SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'
-        enabled = os.environ.get(var, 'stdlib') == 'local'
+        enabled = os.environ.get(var, 'local') == 'local'
         enabled and __import__('_distutils_hack').add_shim()
         """).lstrip().replace('\n', '; ')