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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/extension.py b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
index c507da360aa..e85032ece89 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/extension.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Provides the Extension class, used to describe C/C++ extension
modules in setup scripts."""
import os
+import re
import warnings
# This class is really only used by the "build_ext" command, so it might
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ def read_setup_file(filename):
line = file.readline()
if line is None: # eof
break
- if _variable_rx.match(line): # VAR=VALUE, handled in first pass
+ if re.match(_variable_rx, line): # VAR=VALUE, handled in first pass
continue
if line[0] == line[-1] == "*":