diff --git a/requirements/setup.txt b/requirements/setup.txt
index 2e14da4905..9232946a6a 100644
--- a/requirements/setup.txt
+++ b/requirements/setup.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Dependencies necessary to run setup.py of iris
 # ----------------------------------------------
 
-scitools-pyke
 setuptools>=40.8.0
-wheel