pypa
diff --git a/‎newsfragments/4574.removal.rst
+4 b/‎newsfragments/4574.removal.rst
+4
diff --git a/‎pyproject.toml
-1 b/‎pyproject.toml
-1
diff --git a/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/INSTALLER
-1 b/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/INSTALLER
-1
diff --git a/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/METADATA
-158 b/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/METADATA
-158
diff --git a/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/RECORD
-8 b/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/RECORD
-8
diff --git a/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/REQUESTED b/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/REQUESTED
diff --git a/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/WHEEL
-4 b/‎setuptools/_vendor/ordered_set-4.1.0.dist-info/WHEEL
-4
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+``setuptools`` is replacing the usages of :pypi:`ordered_set` with simple
+instances of ``dict[Hashable, None]``. This is done to remove the extra
+dependency and it is possible because since Python 3.7, ``dict`` maintain
+insertion order.
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ ssl = []
 certs = []
 core = [
 	"packaging>=24",
-	"ordered-set>=3.1.1",
 	"more_itertools>=8.8",
 	"jaraco.text>=3.7",
 	"importlib_resources>=5.10.2; python_version < '3.9'",