diff --git a/bin/setup_base b/bin/setup_base
index 4ea1fdd6bf..002cf8fca0 100755
--- a/bin/setup_base
+++ b/bin/setup_base
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ROOT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0)/..)
 cd $ROOT_DIR
 
-sudo apt-get install -y hxtools moreutils expect mosquitto mosquitto-clients
+sudo apt-get install -y moreutils expect mosquitto mosquitto-clients
 
 python3 --version
 python3 -m venv venv