diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/colcon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colcon/default.nix
index 4b8592491010..650ce4adc1f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/colcon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colcon/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonRemoveDeps = [
     # We use pytest-cov-stub instead (and it is not a runtime dependency anyways)
     "pytest-cov"
+    # Upper bound on setuptools is too strict for nixpkgs
+    "setuptools"
   ];
 
   meta = {