diff --git a/applications/aws_dashboard/requirements.txt b/applications/aws_dashboard/requirements.txt
index a690e1c97..95805f1bf 100644
--- a/applications/aws_dashboard/requirements.txt
+++ b/applications/aws_dashboard/requirements.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ cryptography>=42.0.5
 rdkit>=2023.9.1
 mordred>=1.2.0
 ipython>=8.17.2
-setuptools>=69.0.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce7b4ad8e..c8ba3d845 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ cryptography>=42.0.5
 rdkit>=2023.9.1
 mordred>=1.2.0
 ipython>=8.17.2
-setuptools>=69.0.2
 pyreadline3; sys_platform == 'win32'