diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 598bd596f..a3f93c8c6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ skip = [".venv", "tests/test_templates"]
 omit = ["openapi_python_client/templates/*"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "poetry>=1.0"]
+requires = ["poetry>=1.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 606849326..000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup()