diff --git a/maloja/server.py b/maloja/server.py
index 9090630..c76d9a9 100644
--- a/maloja/server.py
+++ b/maloja/server.py
@@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ def login():
 @webserver.route("/media/<name>.<ext>")
 def static(name,ext):
 	assert ext in ["txt","ico","jpeg","jpg","png","less","js","ttf","css"]
-	with resources.files('maloja') / 'web' / 'static' as staticfolder:
-		response = static_file(ext + "/" + name + "." + ext,root=staticfolder)
+	staticfolder = resources.files('maloja') / 'web' / 'static'
+	response = static_file(ext + "/" + name + "." + ext,root=staticfolder)
 	response.set_header("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=3600")
 	return response
 
 # new, direct reference
 @webserver.route("/static/<path:path>")
 def static(path):
-	with resources.files('maloja') / 'web' / 'static' as staticfolder:
-		response = static_file(path,root=staticfolder)
+	staticfolder = resources.files('maloja') / 'web' / 'static'
+	response = static_file(path,root=staticfolder)
 	response.set_header("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=3600")
 	return response
 
diff --git a/maloja/setup.py b/maloja/setup.py
index 9f9ba60..6eb88cc 100644
--- a/maloja/setup.py
+++ b/maloja/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import os
+import shutil
 
 from importlib import resources
-try:
-	from setuptools import distutils
-except ImportError:
-	import distutils
 from doreah.io import col, ask, prompt
 
 from .pkg_global.conf import data_dir, dir_settings, malojaconfig, auth
@@ -22,15 +19,14 @@ ext_apikeys = [
 
 
 def copy_initial_local_files():
-	with resources.files("maloja") / 'data_files' as folder:
-		for cat in dir_settings:
-			if dir_settings[cat] is None:
-				continue
+	data_file_source = resources.files("maloja") / 'data_files'
+	for cat in dir_settings:
+		if dir_settings[cat] is None:
+			continue
+		if cat == 'config' and malojaconfig.readonly:
+			continue
 
-			if cat == 'config' and malojaconfig.readonly:
-				continue
-
-			distutils.dir_util.copy_tree(os.path.join(folder,cat),dir_settings[cat],update=False)
+		shutil.copytree(data_file_source / cat, dir_settings[cat])
 
 charset = list(range(10)) + list("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") + list("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
 def randomstring(length=32):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1b6bb99..4196c8e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ dependencies = [
 	"sqlalchemy==2.0",
 	"python-datauri==3.0.*",
 	"requests==2.32.*",
-	"setuptools==75.8.*",
 	"toml==0.10.*",
 	"PyYAML==6.0.*"
 ]