diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml
index edbd815a3a..0efd4bb10c 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-six</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>pip3</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>