From 1873e80f63f801a462026e921f37cd78ce1d556d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Smith <qwcode@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:50:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] import check at 'pip wheel' command level is enough

---
 pip/wheel.py | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pip/wheel.py b/pip/wheel.py
index d841599f683..74b81dd1887 100644
--- a/pip/wheel.py
+++ b/pip/wheel.py
@@ -199,12 +199,6 @@ def __init__(self, requirement_set, finder, wheel_dir, build_options=[], global_
     def _build_one(self, req):
         """Build one wheel."""
 
-        try:
-            import wheel
-        except ImportError:
-            logger.error('The wheel package is required; Failed to build a wheel for %s.' %req.name)
-            return False
-
         base_args = [
             sys.executable, '-c',
             "import setuptools;__file__=%r;"\