diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0dfb7a57..104c608e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 }
 
 INSTALL_REQUIRES = (
-    "setuptools",
     "AnyQt>=0.2.0",
     "docutils",
     "commonmark>=0.8.1",