diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/setup.py b/packages/python/plotly/setup.py
index 3614cb970d6..178f176457c 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/setup.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/setup.py
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ def run(self):
 setup(
     name="plotly",
     version=versioneer.get_version(),
-    use_2to3=False,
     author="Chris P",
     author_email="chris@plot.ly",
     maintainer="Nicolas Kruchten",