diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dfa833240..e2a9b3fad 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ setenv =
     BRANCH_NAME=master
     CLIENT_NAME=tempest
 deps =
-    setuptools
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 
 [testenv]