diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 624add8f3..fab8e3521 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ def members_appended(*ds):
     },
     cmdclass=cmdclass,
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=1.7'],
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require=extras_require,
     python_requires='>=3.9',