diff --git a/setup.py.orig b/setup.py
index 24f0e7cb98a..d712294c20b 100644
--- a/setup.py.orig
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ setup_kwargs = dict(
             ],
         )
 
-# Docutils is only required for building, but Setuptools can't distinguish
-# dependencies properly.
-# See <URL:https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/457>.
-setup_kwargs['install_requires'].append("docutils")
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup(**setup_kwargs)