diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e93c649870ba011c486f01fd9e49af0d0365a33d..fd52708c75d6d15f8ecb4d25aed0abf0e1a98ada 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         "numpy",
         "pandas",
         "scipy",
-        "setuptools",
         "tabulate",
     ]