diff --git a/software/build-rina/software.cfg b/software/build-rina/software.cfg
index a7e4a06ed0e428c34ebd1db1ef3d4ea7e388c2d5..18f04e0f59f81d9a8bed3394a3d75ab3029b094b 100644
--- a/software/build-rina/software.cfg
+++ b/software/build-rina/software.cfg
@@ -75,6 +75,3 @@ packages +=
   dh-autoreconf pkg-config doxygen maven xmlto
 # hellorina (shouldn't parts like lxml-python depend on the python of the SR?)
   python-dev
-
-[versions]
-setuptools = 30.1.0
diff --git a/software/hellorina/software.cfg b/software/hellorina/software.cfg
index a9686dc191f4ac03a47f65d475245501b9f69f2d..5ffcda7ab9d0c40397f1fe4b04963863ef92f6ca 100644
--- a/software/hellorina/software.cfg
+++ b/software/hellorina/software.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,3 @@ recipe = slapos.recipe.build:download
 url = ${:_profile_base_location_}/${:_buildout_section_name_}
 mode = 755
 md5sum = 78b77a6bda9958f547f7d89b747731e3
-
-[versions]
-setuptools = 30.1.0
diff --git a/stack/slapos.cfg b/stack/slapos.cfg
index 7b4c53a6ee8d9bb5906c1c3a5b5470cd953c33f5..9f0abac02862ec46edd2d90f85f4245e8587e6d3 100644
--- a/stack/slapos.cfg
+++ b/stack/slapos.cfg
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ pyasn1 = 0.2.1
 pyparsing = 2.1.10
 pytz = 2016.10
 requests = 2.13.0
-setuptools = 28.8.0
+setuptools = 33.1.1
 six = 1.10.0
 slapos.cookbook = 1.0.48
 slapos.core = 1.3.18