diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f2f91c36f0..5fe5e7efa2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ commands =
 
 # work around until pypy vs. setuptools issue in bug 1290562 is fixed
 [testenv:pypy]
-deps = setuptools<3.2
+deps = setuptools>3.4
      -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 
 [testenv:pep8]