diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 277bac10..225f4797 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ RUN find ./python/lib/$runtime/site-packages -name \*.pyc -delete
 # Remove botocore (40MB) to reduce package size. aws-xray-sdk
 # installs it, while it's already provided by the Lambda Runtime.
 RUN rm -rf ./python/lib/$runtime/site-packages/botocore*
+RUN rm -rf ./python/lib/$runtime/site-packages/setuptools