diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/mkdocs/container/techdocs-core/requirements.txt b/plugins/techdocs/mkdocs/container/techdocs-core/requirements.txt
index 70b28e00bd..2a13d1a9da 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/mkdocs/container/techdocs-core/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/mkdocs/container/techdocs-core/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Fixes an error related to using Setuptools.
-setuptools==47.3.1
-
 # The "base" version of the Mkdocs project.
 # Note: if you update this, also update `install_requires` in setup.py
 # https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs