diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70496cdb..78ef58e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "itsdangerous>=1.1",
     "sqlite-utils>=4.0",
     "asyncinject>=0.7",
-    "setuptools",
     "pip",
     "pydantic>=2",
 ]