Pin setuptools version for dependencies which explicitly depend on pkg_resources

.github/workflows/pr_tests_gpu.yml

@@ -199,16 +199,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        # Install pkgs which depend on setuptools<81 for pkg_resources first with no build isolation
-        uv pip install pip==25.2 setuptools==80.10.2
-        uv pip install --no-build-isolation k-diffusion==0.0.12
-        uv pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-        # Install the rest as normal
         uv pip install -e ".[quality]"
         uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
         uv pip uninstall accelerate && uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
         #uv pip uninstall transformers huggingface_hub && uv pip install --prerelease allow -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git
         uv pip uninstall transformers huggingface_hub && uv pip install transformers==4.57.1
+        # Pin setuptools for dependencies (e.g. clip-anytorch via k-diffusion) which explicitly import pkg_resources
+        uv pip install --reinstall-package setuptools 'setuptools==80.10.2'
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |

.github/workflows/push_tests.yml

@@ -126,16 +126,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        # Install pkgs which depend on setuptools<81 for pkg_resources first with no build isolation
-        uv pip install pip==25.2 setuptools==80.10.2
-        uv pip install --no-build-isolation k-diffusion==0.0.12
-        uv pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-        # Install the rest as normal
         uv pip install -e ".[quality]"
         uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
         uv pip uninstall accelerate && uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
         #uv pip uninstall transformers huggingface_hub && uv pip install --prerelease allow -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git
         uv pip uninstall transformers huggingface_hub && uv pip install transformers==4.57.1
+        # Pin setuptools for dependencies (e.g. clip-anytorch via k-diffusion) which explicitly import pkg_resources
+        uv pip install --reinstall-package setuptools 'setuptools==80.10.2'
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |