diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 16808de..0f68b6b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 try:
     import pkg_utils
 except ImportError:
-    import pip
-    pip_version = tuple(pip.__version__.split('.'))
-    if pip_version >= ('19', '3', '0'):
-        import pip._internal.main as pip_main
-    elif pip_version >= ('19', '0', '0'):
-        import pip._internal as pip_main
-    pip_main.main(['install', 'pkg_utils'])
+    import subprocess
+    import sys
+    subprocess.check_call(
+        [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "pkg_utils"])
     import pkg_utils
 import os