diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-45.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-45.3.0.ebuild
index e9378e5d2c314..6c8745132ea00 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-45.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-45.3.0.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-python/pytest-fixture-config[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-virtualenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		virtual/python-futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
 PDEPEND="