diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f4545b6a0c..6fff26d3af 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ django_dir = 'django'
 
 for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(django_dir):
     # Ignore PEP 3147 cache dirs and those whose names start with '.'
-    for i, dirname in enumerate(dirnames):
-        if dirname.startswith('.') or dirname == '__pycache__':
-            del dirnames[i]
+    dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames if not d.startswith('.') and d != '__pycache__']
     if '__init__.py' in filenames:
         packages.append('.'.join(fullsplit(dirpath)))
     elif filenames: