diff --git a/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.2.14.ebuild b/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.2.14.ebuild
index 5526593b6e838..fccd113223f1c 100644
--- a/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.2.14.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.2.14.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( $(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]') )
 	test? ( dev-python/pygobject:3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]