diff --git a/src/pybind/cephfs/setup.py b/src/pybind/cephfs/setup.py
index f6c2025f75d..8d788038e8f 100755
--- a/src/pybind/cephfs/setup.py
+++ b/src/pybind/cephfs/setup.py
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     source = "cephfs.pyx"
 
-# Disable cythonification if we're not really building anything
-if (len(sys.argv) >= 2 and
-        any(i in sys.argv[1:] for i in ('--help', 'clean', 'egg_info', '--version')
-            )):
-    def cythonize(x, **kwargs):
-        return x
-
 setup(
     name='cephfs',
     version=__version__,
diff --git a/src/pybind/rados/setup.py b/src/pybind/rados/setup.py
index 62b54d26b6c..5b1a9ade949 100755
--- a/src/pybind/rados/setup.py
+++ b/src/pybind/rados/setup.py
@@ -160,13 +160,6 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     source = "rados.pyx"
 
-# Disable cythonification if we're not really building anything
-if (len(sys.argv) >= 2 and
-        any(i in sys.argv[1:] for i in ('--help', 'clean', 'egg_info', '--version')
-            )):
-    def cythonize(x, **kwargs):
-        return x
-
 setup(
     name='rados',
     version=__version__,
diff --git a/src/pybind/rbd/setup.py b/src/pybind/rbd/setup.py
index 1f20c3ed42f..93e8a97eb15 100755
--- a/src/pybind/rbd/setup.py
+++ b/src/pybind/rbd/setup.py
@@ -167,13 +167,6 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     source = "rbd.pyx"
 
-# Disable cythonification if we're not really building anything
-if (len(sys.argv) >= 2 and
-        any(i in sys.argv[1:] for i in ('--help', 'clean', 'egg_info', '--version')
-            )):
-    def cythonize(x, **kwargs):
-        return x
-
 setup(
     name='rbd',
     version=__version__,
diff --git a/src/pybind/rgw/setup.py b/src/pybind/rgw/setup.py
index ed45399d394..92c7e650173 100755
--- a/src/pybind/rgw/setup.py
+++ b/src/pybind/rgw/setup.py
@@ -168,13 +168,6 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     source = "rgw.pyx"
 
-# Disable cythonification if we're not really building anything
-if (len(sys.argv) >= 2 and
-        any(i in sys.argv[1:] for i in ('--help', 'clean', 'egg_info', '--version')
-            )):
-    def cythonize(x, **kwargs):
-        return x
-
 setup(
     name='rgw',
     version=__version__,