Removing references to pkg_resources

pavement.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import glob
-import pkg_resources
 from itertools import chain
 from os.path import abspath, dirname, exists, join
 
@@ -180,12 +179,6 @@ def run_all_assertions():
 def create_plugin(options):
     """create a plugin skeleton to start a new project"""
 
-    # this is actually needed thanks to the skeleton using jinja2 (and six, although that's changeable)
-    try:
-        pkg_resources.get_distribution("sideboard")
-    except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        raise BuildFailure("This command must be run from within a configured virtual environment.")
-
     plugin_name = options.create_plugin.name
 
     if getattr(options.create_plugin, 'drop', False) and (PLUGINS_DIR / path(plugin_name.replace('_', '-'))).exists():