Remove easy_install script and module.

setup.cfg

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ project_urls =
 
 [options]
 packages = find_namespace:
-py_modules = easy_install
 # disabled as it causes tests to be included #2505
 # include_package_data = true
 python_requires = >=3.6

setup.py

@@ -30,22 +30,6 @@ def read_commands():
     return command_ns['__all__']
 
 
-def _gen_console_scripts():
-    yield "easy_install = setuptools.command.easy_install:main"
-
-    # Gentoo distributions manage the python-version-specific scripts
-    # themselves, so those platforms define an environment variable to
-    # suppress the creation of the version-specific scripts.
-    var_names = (
-        'SETUPTOOLS_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT',
-        'DISTRIBUTE_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT',
-    )
-    if any(os.environ.get(var) not in (None, "", "0") for var in var_names):
-        return
-    tmpl = "easy_install-{shortver} = setuptools.command.easy_install:main"
-    yield tmpl.format(shortver='{}.{}'.format(*sys.version_info))
-
-
 package_data = dict(
     setuptools=['script (dev).tmpl', 'script.tmpl', 'site-patch.py'],
 )
@@ -170,7 +154,6 @@ def _restore_install_lib(self):
             "depends.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:warn_depends_obsolete",
             "dependency_links.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:overwrite_arg",
         ],
-        "console_scripts": list(_gen_console_scripts()),
     },
     dependency_links=[
         pypi_link(

setuptools/tests/test_namespaces.py

@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ def test_pkg_resources_import(self, tmpdir):
         target.mkdir()
         install_cmd = [
             sys.executable,
-            '-m', 'easy_install',
-            '-d', str(target),
+            '-m', 'pip',
+            'install',
+            '-t', str(target),
             str(pkg),
         ]
         with test.test.paths_on_pythonpath([str(target)]):