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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Remove unused setuptools runtime dependency","articleBody":"### Problem\r\nSpecifically for my use-case, I'm trying to remove `setuptools` from my application dependencies (so I can use [`pip-tools`](https://pypi.org/project/pip-tools/1.8.0/) with [`pip install --no-deps`](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_install/#install-no-deps), as per [pip's recommendation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/repeatable-installs/))\r\n\r\n### Suggested solution\r\nRemove [setuptools requirement](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/blob/ef6f0fcfdfe771172056e35e3c990998b3b00416/setup.py#L36) from install_requires\r\n\r\n### Alternative solutions\r\nFor my use, use `pip-tools --allow-unsafe`, or `pip install` without `--no-deps`, but this doesn't solve the underlying issue\r\n\r\n### Additional context\r\nSetuptools is only used in the `google-api-core` package during build-time (as the [legacy](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/build-system/setup-py/) build backend), and not during runtime (a [repository search](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/search?q=setuptools) confirms this)\r\n\r\nRelated issues:\r\n* googleapis/google-auth-library-python#595 (resolved by googleapis/google-auth-library-python#913)\r\n* #325","author":{"url":"https://github.com/EpicWink","@type":"Person","name":"EpicWink"},"datePublished":"2022-02-02T04:51:24.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/338/python-api-core/issues/338"}