diff --git a/.evergreen/build-mac.sh b/.evergreen/build-mac.sh
index 09950a592..2dd02a0fb 100755
--- a/.evergreen/build-mac.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/build-mac.sh
@@ -12,16 +12,10 @@ for VERSION in 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10; do
     PYTHON=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/$VERSION/bin/python3
     rm -rf build
 
-    # Install wheel if not already there.
-    if ! $PYTHON -m wheel version; then
-        createvirtualenv $PYTHON releasevenv
-        WHEELPYTHON=python
-        python -m pip install --upgrade wheel
-    else
-        WHEELPYTHON=$PYTHON
-    fi
-
-    $WHEELPYTHON setup.py bdist_wheel
+    createvirtualenv $PYTHON releasevenv
+    python -m pip install --upgrade wheel
+    python -m pip install setuptools==63.2.0
+    python setup.py bdist_wheel
     deactivate || true
     rm -rf releasevenv