diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d18b9f1..fcc0cad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
 license-files = ["LICENSE-CC0", "LICENSE-APACHE"]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-dependencies = ["setuptools>=45"]
 
 [[project.authors]]
 name = "kat"