diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index e1812226..157f287d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@ flake8
 mock
 pytest
 pytest-env
-
-# setuptools breaks pypy3 with extraneous output
-setuptools<18.5