diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e007d86..62434ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ optional = true
 pytest = "^8.3.5"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "poetry-core"]
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c823345..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup()