--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 dependencies = [
     'distro',
     'packaging',
-    'setuptools>=42.0.0',
     'tomli; python_version<"3.11"',
     'typing-extensions>=3.7; python_version<"3.8"',
     'wheel>=0.32.0',