diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 44babdddd8..70f8279ef4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ The Python packages depends on the following packages:
 
 * Cython
 * Pip
-* Setuptools
 
 For testing:
 * pytest
diff --git a/conda/recipes/kvikio/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/kvikio/meta.yaml
index 78e844aff4..886334be5d 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/kvikio/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/kvikio/meta.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ requirements:
     - {{ stdlib("c") }}
   host:
     - python
-    - setuptools
     - pip
     - cython >=3.0.0
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}