diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d6d26b0c..f458a9de3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ install_requires = [
     "zope.interface>=5.1.0",
     "protego>=0.1.15",
     "itemadapter>=0.1.0",
-    "setuptools",
     "packaging",
     "tldextract",
     "lxml>=4.4.1",