Forwarded: https://github.com/materialsproject/api/pull/1006

--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "setuptools",
   "msgpack",
   "maggma>=0.57.1",
   "pymatgen>=2022.3.7,!=2024.2.20",