diff --git a/virtualenv/build_virtualenv.sh b/virtualenv/build_virtualenv.sh
index 05e0c13..a864a1c 100755
--- a/virtualenv/build_virtualenv.sh
+++ b/virtualenv/build_virtualenv.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ echo "** activate virtualenv"
 cd $VE
 . bin/activate
 
-pip install --upgrade setuptools
 pip install --upgrade pip
 
 echo "** install packages"