diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 26b951e0..d759d780 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-09-01  Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@initd.org>
 
+	* setup.py: removed pydatetime option from initialize_options
+	to make sure that the value in setup.cfg is used.
+
 	* psycopg/psycopgmodule.c: applied patch from jdahlin (#120)
 	to have .connect() accept either a string or int as the port
 	parameter.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f73b9e05..948cb51d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class psycopg_build_ext(build_ext):
     
     def initialize_options(self):
         build_ext.initialize_options(self)
-        self.use_pydatetime = 1
         self.use_pg_dll = 1
         self.pgdir = None
         self.pg_config = self.DEFAULT_PG_CONFIG