diff --git a/requirements/core.txt b/requirements/core.txt
index 8c9ecfa5..ecb592f8 100644
--- a/requirements/core.txt
+++ b/requirements/core.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 importlib-metadata >=4.0.0; python_version < '3.8'
 packaging >=22
-setuptools
 typing_extensions