diff --git a/roles/pyff/templates/requirements.txt.j2 b/roles/pyff/templates/requirements.txt.j2
index 7c76e3cd..ab9651ad 100644
--- a/roles/pyff/templates/requirements.txt.j2
+++ b/roles/pyff/templates/requirements.txt.j2
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Mako==1.2.4
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 packaging==23.2
 PasteDeploy==3.0.1
-pkg_resources==0.0.0
 plaster==1.1.2
 plaster-pastedeploy==1.0.1
 platformdirs==3.11.0