diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e2e5c76f6..737569d22 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 # Always prefer setuptools over distutils
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, sic
-from setuptools.extern import packaging
 import pathlib
 import os