diff --git a/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild b/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild
index bb567c29a0..2837fc84e0 100644
--- a/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	jbig2enc? ( media-libs/jbig2enc )
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pytest-runner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "