diff --git a/ubuntu-setup.sh b/ubuntu-setup.sh
index c80c05dac..28eb31b1b 100755
--- a/ubuntu-setup.sh
+++ b/ubuntu-setup.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libncurses5-dev"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libtool"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES lzip"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES m4"
-PACKAGES="$PACKAGES mercurial"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES pkg-config"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES scons"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES texinfo"