diff --git a/lambdas/requirements/layers/requirements_core_lambda_layer.txt b/lambdas/requirements/layers/requirements_core_lambda_layer.txt
index 0add9e233..cfa97002e 100644
--- a/lambdas/requirements/layers/requirements_core_lambda_layer.txt
+++ b/lambdas/requirements/layers/requirements_core_lambda_layer.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ pydantic==2.9.0
 pypdf==3.17.2
 requests==2.32.0
 responses==0.23.1
-setuptools==65.5.1
 six==1.16.0
 types-PyYAML==6.0.12.11