diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-cppy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-cppy/template
index 049deb8d66e..be1bb5aed67 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-cppy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-cppy/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.3.1
 revision=2
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-wheel"
-depends="python3"
+depends="python3-setuptools"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest"
 short_desc="C++ headers to make it easier to write Python C extensions"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"