From 5e52d1521374e7fecb586eef6ef28f5edf42ede9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:15:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove run-time dependency on setuptools

It was needed for `pkg_resources`-style namespace packages, but that's no
longer a problem here.
---
 CHANGES.rst | 2 +-
 setup.py    | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f26ae92..3404862 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 8.1 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Remove run-time dependency on ``setuptools``.
 
 
 8.0 (2025-09-15)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe3bb33..c39b4ae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ def read(*rnames):
       ext_modules=ext_modules,
       python_requires='>=3.9',
       install_requires=[
-          'setuptools',
           'zope.component',
           'zope.i18nmessageid',
           'zope.interface',