diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10296aed5f2eb..bc1921a06ebb8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -614,12 +614,6 @@ def setup_package():
         },
     )
 
-    # Overwrite the dependencies to not allow for NumPy >= 2.0
-    metadata["install_requires"] = [
-        f"{dep},<2.0" if dep.startswith("numpy") else dep
-        for dep in metadata["install_requires"]
-    ]
-
     commands = [arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if not arg.startswith("-")]
     if not all(
         command in ("egg_info", "dist_info", "clean", "check") for command in commands