diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template
index 42fa5e4ad93..304f74f3c38 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-numpy-stl'
 pkgname=python3-numpy-stl
-version=2.15.1
+version=2.16.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="numpy-stl-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper="numpy"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
-depends="python3-setuptools python3-numpy python3-utils"
+depends="python3-numpy python3-utils"
 checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest-cov python3-pytest-flake8 python3-docutils"
 short_desc="Python3 library to make working with STL files fast and easy"
 maintainer="Karl Nilsson <karl.robert.nilsson@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/WoLpH/numpy-stl/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/WoLpH/numpy-stl/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ab64a7a06c28bd47a1db1768cb2b1b486b383d5e07daad6e3ee555ab22485419
+checksum=0231f943f1142124242dc5cfc0d2105471c9ba9787f1847b9b4154219b68a78f
 
 conflicts="python-numpy-stl>=0"
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
-}
-
 pkg_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }