diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5dbb8f643..a4e976bfc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,11 +44,8 @@
 import codecs
 import os
 
-import pkg_resources
 from setuptools import setup
 
-pkg_resources.require("setuptools>=39.2")
-
 
 def get_version():
     """