diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/ironpython-2.7.7-rc2 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/ironpython-2.7.7-rc2
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+install_package "IronPython-2.7.7rc2" "https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/releases/download/ipy-2.7.7-rc2/IronPython-2.7.7rc2-unix.tar.bz2#338b855d007a2f8f12498fe67039483e671c98f6ea8320add4cdedd53b118113" ironpython
+# FIXME: have not confirmed to install setuptools into IronPython yet