diff --git a/mypy/stubinfo.py b/mypy/stubinfo.py
index 91755b2b5041..021c7d73de7e 100644
--- a/mypy/stubinfo.py
+++ b/mypy/stubinfo.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def stub_distribution_name(module: str) -> str | None:
     "mock": "types-mock",
     "OpenSSL": "types-pyOpenSSL",
     "paramiko": "types-paramiko",
-    "pkg_resources": "types-setuptools",
     "polib": "types-polib",
     "pycurl": "types-pycurl",
     "pymysql": "types-PyMySQL",