diff --git a/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
index 8f4dedb63f8f14c5dd95134b015d1ae5c0c745f5..e36d6e352b77c6eae7140bc44c2998d0d3ee90c9 100644
--- a/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
 - name: Install base packages for Python web applications
   apt:
     name:
-      - python-setuptools
       - python3-setuptools
       - virtualenv
       - virtualenvwrapper