diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c8290bd85..2ae0461bb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ packages = find:
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
 install_requires =
     attrs>=17.4.0
+    functools32;python_version<'3'
     importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'
     pyrsistent>=0.14.0
-    setuptools
     six>=1.11.0
-    functools32;python_version<'3'
 
 [options.extras_require]
 format =