[Distutils] Setuptools use pip over easy_install when installing through setup.py

I was running a test program through setup.py, and it threw an error whenever it tried to install a package on a Windows 10 Python 3.8 installation (It worked on mac/ubuntu all versions and Python 3.5-3.7 on Windows 10). However, if I installed the packages through pip instead of easy install the tests ran as excepted. Can installing packages through setup.py go through pip and not easy install, as easy install is deprecated?