diff --git a/tests/test_data/packages/fake_with_deps/setup.py b/tests/test_data/packages/fake_with_deps/setup.py
index 44a9e8959..07816fd49 100644
--- a/tests/test_data/packages/fake_with_deps/setup.py
+++ b/tests/test_data/packages/fake_with_deps/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         "cornice<1.1,>=1.0.0",
         "enum34<1.1.7,>=1.0.4",
         "six>1.5,<=1.8",
-        "futures<3.1,>=3.0.3",
         "ipaddress<1.1,>=1.0.16",
         "jsonschema<3.0,>=2.4.0",
         "pyramid<1.6,>=1.5.7",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e7f2ecf7c..b8157cbc6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ extras =
     testing
     coverage: coverage
 deps =
-    # due to broken CI, to be removed as soon as it is fixed, compare https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/2687
-    setuptools<57
     pipprevious: pip==20.3.*
     piplatest: pip
     pipmain: -e git+https://github.com/pypa/pip.git@main#egg=pip