diff --git a/dev-python/flask/flask-1.1.2.ebuild b/dev-python/flask/flask-1.1.2.ebuild
index a7d9038f2d82f..2cdde4f69bd01 100644
--- a/dev-python/flask/flask-1.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/flask/flask-1.1.2.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8,9} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ RDEPEND="dev-python/click[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/jinja-2.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/werkzeug-0.15[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		${RDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]