diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index d62ef88364461074d9570f1777dada600f69edc1..72c3388ddc4bcd1538ecf672e0d03f2a4e82d3bb 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ requirements:
     - python-gitlab
     - python-dateutil
     - pytz
-    - setuptools
     - xdg
 
 test:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9da1ad75c8bcab585643f07c6ac7a21930c9759f..cf37fee78ed47ce0a485de6cea1a20ddbda8c6df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "python-gitlab",
   "pytz",
   "pyyaml",
-  "setuptools",
   "tomli",
   "tomlkit",
   "xdg",