diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 22c950f..9d2471a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ classifiers =
     Topic :: Internet
     Topic :: Software Development
     Typing :: Typed
-requires-dist = setuptools
+requires-dist = setuptools>=40.6
+
 keywords =
     postgres
     python3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1888b45..61cc244 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import pkg_resources
 import setuptools
 
-pkg_resources.require('setuptools>=40.6')
 setuptools.setup()