diff --git a/newsfragments/2046.empty.rst b/newsfragments/2046.empty.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eeca512fbbe..b199d085cd2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ def get_requirement_from_file(file):
         return [str(r) for r in pkg_resources.parse_requirements(requirements_txt)]
 
 
+LIBPARSEC_PATH = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) / "oxidation/libparsec_python"
+
 requirements = get_requirement_from_file("requirement/install_requirement.txt")
 test_requirements = get_requirement_from_file("requirement/test_requirement.txt")
 core_requirements = get_requirement_from_file("requirement/core_requirement.txt")
@@ -289,9 +291,7 @@ def get_requirement_from_file(file):
     # Oxidation is a special case: for the moment it is experimental (i.e. not
     # shipped in production) and only contains rewriting of Python parts so
     # it can be safely ignored for any purpose.
-    "oxidation": [
-        f"libparsec @ file://{(Path(__file__) / '../oxidation/libparsec_python').resolve().absolute()}"
-    ],
+    "oxidation": [f"libparsec @ file://localhost{LIBPARSEC_PATH}"],
 }
 
 extra_requirements["all"] = sum([v for k, v in extra_requirements.items() if k != "oxidation"], [])