diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c9449d47d..c2db04342 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -257,12 +257,13 @@ jobs:
           # doesn't cost us anything extra and saves us effort next time.
           name: "(Maybe) Build Wheels"
           command: |
-            python -m pip install wheel setuptools # Windows 2022 server py311 doesn't have setuptools?
-            python setup.py update_version # Cheat to win a race on Windows 2022 about writing _version.py
+            python -m pip install setuptools # Some Pythons for Windows do not come with setuptools
+            python setup.py update_version # Cheat to win a race on about writing _version.py
 
             if ((Test-Path .\wheelhouse) -and (Test-Path .\wheelhouse\*)) {
               echo "Found populated wheelhouse, skipping wheel building."
             } else {
+              python -m pip install wheel
               python -m pip wheel --wheel-dir $env:PIP_FIND_LINKS .[testenv] .[test]
             }