--- zstandard-0.23.0/pyproject.toml.orig
+++ zstandard-0.23.0/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "cffi>=1.16.0; python_version <= '3.12'",
     "cffi==1.17.0rc1; python_version >= '3.13'",
-    # 69.0.0 breaks handling of --config-settings=--build-option, which our CI
-    # relies on. So constrained to an older version until we figure out a
-    # workaround. See comment at
-    # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11859#issuecomment-2132287974.
-    "setuptools<69.0.0",
+    "setuptools",
 ]
 # Need to use legacy backend because setup_zstd.py breaks build isolation.
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"