--- /dev/null
+import sys
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+sys.stderr.write(
+ """
+===============================
+Unsupported installation method
+===============================
+httpx no longer supports installation with `python setup.py install`.
+Please use `python -m pip install .` instead.
+"""
+)
+sys.exit(1)
+
+
+# The below code will never execute, however GitHub is particularly
+# picky about where it finds Python packaging metadata.
+# See: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/6456
+#
+# To be removed once GitHub catches up.
+
+setup(
+ name="httpx",
+ install_requires=[
+ "certifi",
+ "sniffio",
+ "rfc3986[idna2008]>=1.3,<2",
+ "httpcore>=0.15.0,<0.16.0",
+ ],
+)