diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0718e5b4a1..c119ada46e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ readme = "README.md"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
     # Core dependencies
-    "pycountry~=20.7.3",
-    "Unidecode~=1.2.0",
+    "pycountry~=22.3.5",
+    "Unidecode~=1.3.6",
     "barcodenumber~=0.5.0",
 
     # integration dependencies
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 29fa1c7f18..0000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# TODO: Remove this file when  v15.0.0 is released
-from setuptools import setup
-
-name = "erpnext"
-
-setup()