diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d4cedb01bec59bec6814bb5bca376fba2f03693e..5208bbe3238a6b196eba7d4ef6c7c7ac039b0d09 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ console_scripts =
     kolla-genpwd = kolla_ansible.cmd.genpwd:main
     kolla-mergepwd = kolla_ansible.cmd.mergepwd:main
 
-[global]
-setup-hooks =
-    pbr.hooks.setup_hook
-
 [build_releasenotes]
 all_files = 1
 build-dir = releasenotes/build