diff --git a/requirements/core.txt b/requirements/core.txt
index 25e92f50..220135f4 100644
--- a/requirements/core.txt
+++ b/requirements/core.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 importlib-metadata >=4.0.0; python_version < '3.8'
 packaging >=17.1
-setuptools
 typing_extensions