diff --git a/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/chaquopy_monkey.py b/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/chaquopy_monkey.py
index 2967347ee3..035f07bea0 100644
--- a/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/chaquopy_monkey.py
+++ b/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/chaquopy_monkey.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ def disable_native():
 
 def disable_native_distutils():
     # Recent versions of setuptools redirect distutils to their own bundled copy, so try
-    # to import that first.
+    # to import that first. Even more recent versions of setuptools provide a .pth file
+    # which makes this import unnecessary, but the package we're installing might have
+    # pinned an older version in its pyproject.toml file.
     try:
         import setuptools  # noqa: F401
     except ImportError:
diff --git a/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/__main__.py b/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/__main__.py
index 7c2505fa5b..ec33692e09 100644
--- a/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/__main__.py
+++ b/product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/__main__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+# Chaquopy: get_command_obj in locations.py triggers this warning with recent versions
+# of setuptools, even when no setup.py script is being run. Disable it globally within
+# the pip process.
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'setup.py install is deprecated')
+
 # Remove '' and current working directory from the first entry
 # of sys.path, if present to avoid using current directory
 # in pip commands check, freeze, install, list and show,