diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5286724b5ca5..10f5dbeae685 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools-scm>=8.0",
     "torch == 2.7.0",
     "wheel",
-    "regex",
     "jinja2",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b822a4ec36a4..c190864dda94 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import which
 
-import regex as re
 import torch
 from packaging.version import Version, parse
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
diff --git a/tools/enforce_regex_import.py b/tools/enforce_regex_import.py
index b55c4a94eac8..6c201dd2543e 100644
--- a/tools/enforce_regex_import.py
+++ b/tools/enforce_regex_import.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ def main() -> int:
         if not Path(filepath).exists():
             continue
 
+        if filepath == "setup.py":
+            continue
+
         violations = check_file(filepath)
         if violations:
             print(f"\n❌ {filepath}:")