diff --git a/deps.lowest.r b/deps.lowest.r
index 812374aa..9be4fdc2 100644
--- a/deps.lowest.r
+++ b/deps.lowest.r
@@ -4,7 +4,5 @@
 packageurl-python == 0.9.0
 py-serializable == 0.11.1
 importlib-metadata == 3.4.0 # ; python_version < '3.8'
-setuptools == 47.0.0
-types-setuptools == 57.0.0
 
 # file name is a untypical one, so dependabot does not bump this file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a724768..23629280 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ jsonschema = ">= 4.4.0"
 mypy = "^1.1.1"
 lxml = ">=4.7.0"
 tox = "^3.2.8"
-# `types-setuptools` need to stay in sync with version of `setuptools` - but 47 was not typed...
-types-setuptools = ">= 57.0.0"
 xmldiff = ">=2.4"
 
 [build-system]