diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 00be4d2f19..f5f6879a75 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ commands =
   {envpython} {toxinidir}/manage.py extract_messages --verbosity 0 --check-only
   bash {toxinidir}/tools/find_executables.sh
   doc8 doc/source releasenotes/source releasenotes/notes
-  python setup.py check --restructuredtext --strict
 
 [testenv:cover]
 basepython = python3