diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7197c0b308c..6276fe1c17b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ repos:
           - types-requests
           - types-paramiko
           - types-PyYAML
-          - types-setuptools
           - types-psutil
           # Typed libraries
           - numpy
diff --git a/continuous_integration/recipes/dask/meta.yaml b/continuous_integration/recipes/dask/meta.yaml
index 90c69295125..01746b7b51f 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/recipes/dask/meta.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/recipes/dask/meta.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - python >=3.8
+    - setuptools
   run:
     - python >=3.8
     - dask-core >={{ dask_version }}
diff --git a/continuous_integration/recipes/distributed/meta.yaml b/continuous_integration/recipes/distributed/meta.yaml
index 13ebf926096..8222c1a07fd 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/recipes/distributed/meta.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/recipes/distributed/meta.yaml
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ outputs:
       build:
         - {{ compiler('c') }}                     # [cython_enabled]
       host:
-        - python
+        - python >=3.8
         - pip
+        - setuptools
         - cython                                  # [cython_enabled]
       run:
-        - python
+        - python >=3.8
         - click >=6.6
         - cloudpickle >=1.5.0
         - cytoolz >=0.8.2
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_client.py b/distributed/tests/test_client.py
index 7b419000327..7479b8cff48 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_client.py
@@ -1637,6 +1637,8 @@ def g():
 
 @gen_cluster(client=True)
 async def test_upload_file_egg(c, s, a, b):
+    pytest.importorskip("setuptools")
+
     def g():
         import package_1
         import package_2
@@ -1657,9 +1659,8 @@ def g():
                 with open(os.path.join(dirname, "setup.py"), "w") as f:
                     f.write("from setuptools import setup, find_packages\n")
                     f.write(
-                        'setup(name="my_package", packages=find_packages(), version="{}")\n'.format(
-                            value
-                        )
+                        'setup(name="my_package", packages=find_packages(), '
+                        f'version="{value}")\n'
                     )
 
                 # test a package with an underscore in the name