diff --git a/babel.spec b/babel.spec
index 43485ca..29e4c56 100644
--- a/babel.spec
+++ b/babel.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  python3-sphinx
 %endif
 Requires:       python3-babel
-Requires:       python3-setuptools
 
 
 %description
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ Babel is composed of two major parts:
 %package -n python3-babel
 Summary:        %sum
 
-Requires:       python3-setuptools
-
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-babel}
 
 %description -n python3-babel
@@ -139,6 +136,7 @@ export TZ=UTC
 * Tue Feb 28 2023 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.12.0-1
 - Update to 2.12.0
 - No longer depends on pytz
+- No longer depends on setuptools
 
 * Wed Jan 18 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.11.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild