diff --git a/server/Makefile b/server/Makefile
index 7b46e91..0355a29 100644
--- a/server/Makefile
+++ b/server/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ lib/.requirements: requirements.txt requirements-to-freeze.txt setup.py bin/pip
 	# Make sure any new requirements are available
 	./bin/pip install -r requirements-to-freeze.txt
 	# Freeze the output at current state
-	./bin/pip freeze | grep -v egg=$(EGG_NAME) | grep -v 'pkg-resources==0.0.0' > requirements.txt
+	./bin/pip freeze | grep -v egg=$(EGG_NAME) | grep -vE '^pkg-resources=|^setuptools=|^wheel=' > requirements.txt
 	touch lib/.requirements
 
 compile: lib/.requirements appconfig.py
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index e7a3230..d1ab7f9 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 pytz==2024.2
 PyYAML==6.0.2
 scramp==1.4.5
-setuptools==75.6.0
 six==1.16.0
 testing.common.database==2.0.3
 testing.postgresql==1.3.0
@@ -37,4 +36,3 @@ tzdata==2024.1
 Unidecode==1.3.8
 uWSGI==2.0.26
 Werkzeug==3.0.4
-wheel==0.45.1