diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index c198d95953..c76233f170 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -2745,7 +2745,6 @@ (define-public python-lcapy
                              python-numpy
                              python-property-cached
                              python-scipy
-                             python-setuptools
                              python-sympy
                              python-wheel))
     (native-inputs (list python-pytest))