diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index 28be04f1..4a539e4e 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ def build_command(arguments):
         "psutil",
         "asyncio",
         "packaging",  # needed for linux
-        "packaging.specifiers",
         "appdirs",
         "idna",  # required by aiohttp >= 2.3, cannot be found by cx_Freeze
     ]
diff --git a/scripts/requirements.txt b/scripts/requirements.txt
index ca114abf..9bab4b5e 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-setuptools==53.1.0
-cx_Freeze==5.0.2
+setuptools==40.8.0
+cx_Freeze==5.1.1
 requests==2.25.1
 packaging==20.9
 appdirs==1.4.4