diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index ab550b3..6b91dcb 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: 81e8acd
+_commit: 7c534a1
 _src_path: https://github.com/python-project-templates/base.git
 add_extension: jupyter
 email: 3105306+timkpaine@users.noreply.github.com
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4ae6e9..9270f45 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ ignore = [
     ".copier-answers.yml",
     "js/pnpm-lock.yaml",
     "Makefile",
-    "setup.py",
     "python_template_jupyter/labextension/**",
     "python_template_jupyter/nbextension/**",
     "docs/**/*",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aefdf20..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__import__("setuptools").setup()