diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c3b26e93..9d9b299e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ required = [
     'pew>=0.1.26',
     'pip>=9.0.1',
     'pip-tools>=1.9.0',
-    'setuptools>=36.3.0',
     'requests>2.0.0'
 ]