--- setup.py.orig	2007-05-15 12:53:16.000000000 -0500
+++ setup.py	2010-06-27 18:11:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@
 
     # First configure a libffi library, then build the _ctypes extension.
     def build_extensions(self):
-        self.configure_libffi()
-
         # Add .S (preprocessed assembly) to C compiler source extensions.
         self.compiler.src_extensions.append('.S')
         if sys.platform == "win32":
