diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0bb4f00..abfce1c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ del sys.path[0]
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "src"))
 import debugpy
-import debugpy._vendored
 
 del sys.path[0]
 
 
-PYDEVD_ROOT = debugpy._vendored.project_root("pydevd")
 DEBUGBY_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(debugpy.__file__))
 
 
@@ -146,8 +144,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         extras["platforms"] = platforms
 
     cmds = versioneer.get_cmdclass()
-    override_build(cmds)
-    override_build_py(cmds)
 
     setuptools.setup(
         name="debugpy",
diff --git a/src/debugpy/_vendored/force_pydevd.py b/src/debugpy/_vendored/force_pydevd.py
index cfd8927..0cb1bca 100644
--- a/src/debugpy/_vendored/force_pydevd.py
+++ b/src/debugpy/_vendored/force_pydevd.py
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@ import warnings
 
 from . import check_modules, prefix_matcher, preimport, vendored
 
-# Ensure that pydevd is our vendored copy.
-_unvendored, _ = check_modules('pydevd',
-                               prefix_matcher('pydev', '_pydev'))
-if _unvendored:
-    _unvendored = sorted(_unvendored.values())
-    msg = 'incompatible copy of pydevd already imported'
-    # raise ImportError(msg)
-    warnings.warn(msg + ':\n {}'.format('\n  '.join(_unvendored)))
-
 # If debugpy logging is enabled, enable it for pydevd as well
 if "DEBUGPY_LOG_DIR" in os.environ:
     os.environ[str("PYDEVD_DEBUG")] = str("True")