diff --git a/guix/import/pypi.scm b/guix/import/pypi.scm
index 343445a..d177d33 100644
--- a/guix/import/pypi.scm
+++ b/guix/import/pypi.scm
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ name/variable pairs describing the required inputs of this package."
   (sort
     (map (lambda (input)
            (list input (list 'unquote (string->symbol input))))
-         (append '("python-setuptools")
+         (append ;'("python-setuptools")
                  ;; Argparse has been part of Python since 2.7.
                  (remove (cut string=? "python-argparse" <>)
                          (guess-requirements source-url wheel-url tarball))))
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ VERSION, SOURCE-URL, HOME-PAGE, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, and LICENSE."
              (home-page ,home-page)
              (synopsis ,synopsis)
              (description ,description)
-             (license ,(license->symbol license)))))))
+             (license ,(license->symbol license))
+             (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-foobar)))))))))
 
 (define (pypi->guix-package package-name)
   "Fetch the metadata for PACKAGE-NAME from pypi.python.org, and return the