diff --git a/distro/BUILD b/distro/BUILD
index 94070d51ea..de93c0a1ec 100644
--- a/distro/BUILD
+++ b/distro/BUILD
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@ print_rel_notes(
     name = "relnotes",
     outs = ["relnotes.txt"],
     repo = "rules_python",
-    setup_file = "python:repositories.bzl",
     version = version,
 )