diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0774fd51..e56676df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'certbot=={0}'.format(version),
     'mock',
     'python-augeas',
-    # For pkg_resources. >=1.0 so pip resolves it to a version cryptography
-    # will tolerate; see #2599:
-    'setuptools>=1.0',
+    'setuptools',
     'zope.component',
     'zope.interface',
 ]