diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index f0209b7a3e75770ba98472784e5da4d225294141..2e45b3254fac3236356afe68d31501eff2feecc9 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ windows_msys2_task:
         C:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S --needed \
           diffutils git grep make pkg-config sed \
           mingw-w64-x86_64-python \
-          mingw-w64-x86_64-python-setuptools \
           mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain \
           mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 \
           mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_image \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian10.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian10.docker
index 21cc671d71ca20946f0f9ed6ced2f07914234247..73a3caac9cd21084f17f668c2495b9a76396dad1 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian10.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian10.docker
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ RUN apt update && \
         pkg-config \
         psmisc \
         python3 \
-        python3-setuptools \
         python3-sphinx \
         $(apt-get -s build-dep qemu | egrep ^Inst | fgrep '[all]' | cut -d\  -f2)
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
index 5903e1b0b44bc73992d496e5097c983f6148633e..087df598a092c5ba8d1f415f6f054936a522ac33 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     perl-Test-Harness \
     python3 \
     python3-PyYAML \
-    python3-setuptools \
     tar \
     which
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
index 7f03cd8ffca699a97bf2932791ac8d6025eb808e..d5d2f5f00d61802c65d754589ff900cbddbd3bc3 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     perl-Test-Harness \
     python3 \
     python3-PyYAML \
-    python3-setuptools \
     tar \
     which
 
diff --git a/tests/vm/freebsd b/tests/vm/freebsd
index 04ee79338127d457554b4d8e887b25287053ac0a..09f3ee6cb824a72f6f1d17aaad61e3193d287caf 100755
--- a/tests/vm/freebsd
+++ b/tests/vm/freebsd
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class FreeBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         "pkgconf",
         "bzip2",
         "python37",
-        "py37-setuptools",
         "ninja",
 
         # gnu tools
diff --git a/tests/vm/haiku.x86_64 b/tests/vm/haiku.x86_64
index 37af48bf1bbe0852c3e7e9a0d3b6acf300a67642..2eb736dae125f6b6150307ae7f16a3808fa0d7d1 100755
--- a/tests/vm/haiku.x86_64
+++ b/tests/vm/haiku.x86_64
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class HaikuVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         "devel:libusb_1.0",
         "devel:libz",
         "ninja",
-        "setuptools_python3"
     ]
 
     # https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/16512 virtio disk1 shows up as 0 (reversed order)
diff --git a/tests/vm/netbsd b/tests/vm/netbsd
index 596717cc76f92e5d35b12fbd2471ad48b7a8251a..b9efc269d262cea532eeb06edebd4bc08bf6796b 100755
--- a/tests/vm/netbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/netbsd
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class NetBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         "pkgconf",
         "xz",
         "python37",
-        "py37-setuptools",
         "ninja-build",
 
         # gnu tools
diff --git a/tests/vm/openbsd b/tests/vm/openbsd
index 386b2c72f77a663591844462b18330a7d9c58085..4d1399378e67b8141f7a9a903451f20cb6bc5a61 100755
--- a/tests/vm/openbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/openbsd
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class OpenBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         "git",
         "pkgconf",
         "bzip2", "xz",
-        "py3-setuptools",
         "ninja",
 
         # gnu tools