diff --git a/build/appveyor/MSVC-appveyor-full.bat b/build/appveyor/MSVC-appveyor-full.bat
index e0792831341..1b9e285b447 100644
--- a/build/appveyor/MSVC-appveyor-full.bat
+++ b/build/appveyor/MSVC-appveyor-full.bat
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ IF "%WITH_PYTHON%" == "ON" (
   "!PYTHON_ROOT!\python.exe" -m ensurepip --upgrade || EXIT /B
   "!PYTHON_ROOT!\python.exe" -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel || EXIT /B
   "!PYTHON_ROOT!\python.exe" -m pip ^
-      install backports.ssl_match_hostname ^
-              ipaddress ^
+      install ipaddress ^
               tornado>=6.3.0 ^
               twisted>=24.3.0 ^
               zope.interface>=6.1 || EXIT /B
diff --git a/lib/py/setup.py b/lib/py/setup.py
index e8d8d626e02..7997c611977 100644
--- a/lib/py/setup.py
+++ b/lib/py/setup.py
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ def run_setup(with_binary):
         extensions = dict()
 
     ssl_deps = []
-    if sys.hexversion < 0x03050000:
-        ssl_deps.append('backports.ssl_match_hostname>=3.5')
     tornado_deps = ['tornado>=6.3.0']
     twisted_deps = ['twisted>=24.3.0', 'zope.interface>=6.1']