diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6cd655187845f4e781fdd826d5e1c0762e8b3aef..8a9097077cdf51f8a6e65d409fa86dea5a92e46e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ jupyterlab-git
 jupyterlab-gitlab
 psycopg2-binary
 python-dotenv
-setuptools
+# setuptools
 sqlalchemy
 urllib3
 yahooquery