diff --git a/cpydist/__init__.py b/cpydist/__init__.py
index 7fdbaf2..3c427da 100644
--- a/cpydist/__init__.py
+++ b/cpydist/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import tempfile
 from glob import glob
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen, check_call
-from sysconfig import get_config_vars, get_python_version
+from sysconfig import get_python_version

 from setuptools import Command
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ version_py = os.path.join("lib", "mysql", "connector", "version.py")
 with open(version_py, "rb") as fp:
     exec(compile(fp.read(), version_py, "exec"))

-if "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" in get_config_vars():
-    get_config_vars()["MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"] = "11.0"

 COMMON_USER_OPTIONS = [
     (