diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3bb2cb333db..05786452b2d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -450,8 +450,6 @@ types-requests==2.32.0.20250301
     # via
     #   qcodes (pyproject.toml)
     #   types-tqdm
-types-setuptools==75.8.0.20250225
-    # via qcodes (pyproject.toml)
 types-tabulate==0.9.0.20241207
     # via qcodes (pyproject.toml)
 types-tqdm==4.67.0.20250301