diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e8436390b..1036151fe8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ clean:
 	find . -regex ".*\.egg-info" -exec rm -rf {} +
 	pre-commit clean || true
 
-install-pip-setuptools:
-	python -m pip install -U "pip>=21.2, <23.2" "setuptools>=65.5.1" wheel
-
 lint:
 	pre-commit run -a --hook-stage manual $(hook)
 test:
diff --git a/features/environment.py b/features/environment.py
index 172dfd006a..95cc11cee2 100644
--- a/features/environment.py
+++ b/features/environment.py
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ def _setup_minimal_env(context):
             # pip==23.2 breaks pip-tools<7.0, and pip-tools>=7.0 does not support Python 3.7
             "pip>=21.2,<23.2; python_version < '3.8'",
             "pip>=21.2; python_version >= '3.8'",
-            "setuptools>=65.5.1",
-            "wheel",
         ],
         env=context.env,
     )
diff --git a/tools/circleci/requirements.txt b/tools/circleci/requirements.txt
index 224e670115..4317e05e69 100644
--- a/tools/circleci/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/circleci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 pip>=21.2
-setuptools>=65.5.1
 twine~=3.0