diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94ea224..16761ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytz<2025.3,>=2025.2",
     "sqlalchemy<3.0.0,>=2.0.30",
     "aiofiles<24.0.0,>=23.2.1",
-    "setuptools<71.0.0,>=70.0.0",
     "dataclass-wizard[yaml]>=0.22.3,<1.0.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.34.0",
 ]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index efd441e..6dddb48 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 1
 requires-python = ">=3.12, <4.0"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "nextcord" },
     { name = "pandas" },
     { name = "pytz" },
-    { name = "setuptools" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
     { name = "uvicorn" },
 ]
@@ -163,7 +161,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "nextcord", specifier = ">=2.6.0,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2.2.2,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pytz", specifier = ">=2025.2,<2025.3" },
-    { name = "setuptools", specifier = ">=70.0.0,<71.0.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", specifier = ">=2.0.30,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "uvicorn", specifier = ">=0.34.0" },
 ]
@@ -603,15 +600,6 @@ wheels = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "setuptools"
-version = "70.3.0"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/65/d8/10a70e86f6c28ae59f101a9de6d77bf70f147180fbf40c3af0f64080adc3/setuptools-70.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f171bab1dfbc86b132997f26a119f6056a57950d058587841a0082e8830f9dc5", size = 2333112 }
-wheels = [
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-
 [[package]]
 name = "six"
 version = "1.17.0"