diff --git a/plugins/lsp/language-servers/pylsp.nix b/plugins/lsp/language-servers/pylsp.nix
index 1bbb5e9e..4aadd0fd 100644
--- a/plugins/lsp/language-servers/pylsp.nix
+++ b/plugins/lsp/language-servers/pylsp.nix
@@ -581,9 +581,6 @@ in
                     '';
                 });
                 rope = pylsp-rope.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
-                  # TODO: remove when https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/329137 reaches nixos-unstable
-                  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
                   postPatch =
                     old.postPatch or ''''
                     + ''