While running python utilities, getting "SETUPTOOLS WILL STOP WORKING IN A SUBSEQUENT RELEASE" message

Issue

• While running any command that utilizes python, getting the following error output:

/opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/py2_warn.py:19: UserWarning: ************************************************************
You are running Setuptools on Python 2, which is no longer
supported and
>>> SETUPTOOLS WILL STOP WORKING <<<
in a subsequent release. Please ensure you are installing
Setuptools using pip 9.x or later or pin to `setuptools<45`
in your environment.
If you have done those things and are still encountering
this message, please comment in
https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1458
about the steps that led to this unsupported combination.
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  sys.version_info < (3,) and warnings.warn("*" * 60 + msg + "*" * 60)