diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/s3cmd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/s3cmd/default.nix
index 767fc3011fd8..96dae1f4c682 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/s3cmd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/s3cmd/default.nix
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     python-dateutil
   ];
 
-  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://s3tools.org/s3cmd";
     description = "Command line tool for managing Amazon S3 and CloudFront services";