diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 2cae7374bf0b3523c8af937fb811e1064181cba8..fc946f91e15e12d4512ee4ba424548c18f55e69d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -1320,8 +1320,6 @@ (define-public python-enum34
        (base32
         "0yx1m4564wxgbm4glb3457hi16xihd9w63rv13y2przkdir9dfgp"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
-    (inputs
-     `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
        (alist-replace