diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b06cd7d2..8e1502a0e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@ exclude_lines = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry_core>=1.0.0", "setuptools>50"]
+requires = ["poetry_core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"