diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 279a552e6c..663168cec2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "hypothesis[lark]>=6.0,<7.0",
         "eth-stdlib==0.2.7",
         "setuptools",
-        "typing_extensions",  # eth-rlp>2 asks for this properly but it has a conflict
+        "typing_extensions",  # we can remove this once dependencies upgrade to eth-rlp>=2.0
     ],
     "lint": [
         "black==23.12.0",