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diff --git a/setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py b/setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py
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+import distutils.command.bdist_wininst as orig
+import warnings
+
+from setuptools import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
+
+
+class bdist_wininst(orig.bdist_wininst):
+    def reinitialize_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=0):
+        """
+        Supplement reinitialize_command to work around
+        http://bugs.python.org/issue20819
+        """
+        cmd = self.distribution.reinitialize_command(
+            command, reinit_subcommands)
+        if command in ('install', 'install_lib'):
+            cmd.install_lib = None
+        return cmd
+
+    def run(self):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "bdist_wininst is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
+            "version. Use bdist_wheel (wheel packages) instead.",
+            SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
+        )
+
+        self._is_running = True
+        try:
+            orig.bdist_wininst.run(self)
+        finally:
+            self._is_running = False