diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 2ac3accd2..f26161c72 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -101,25 +101,6 @@ def get_thirdparty_packages(triton_cache_path):
 # ---- package data ---
 
 
-def download_and_copy_ptxas():
-    base_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-    src_path = "bin/ptxas"
-    url = "https://conda.anaconda.org/nvidia/label/cuda-12.0.0/linux-64/cuda-nvcc-12.0.76-0.tar.bz2"
-    dst_prefix = os.path.join(base_dir, "triton")
-    dst_suffix = os.path.join("third_party", "cuda", src_path)
-    dst_path = os.path.join(dst_prefix, dst_suffix)
-    if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
-        print(f'downloading and extracting {url} ...')
-        ftpstream = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-        file = tarfile.open(fileobj=ftpstream, mode="r|*")
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
-            file.extractall(path=temp_dir)
-            src_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, src_path)
-            os.makedirs(os.path.split(dst_path)[0], exist_ok=True)
-            shutil.copy(src_path, dst_path)
-    return dst_suffix
-
-
 # ---- cmake extension ----
 
 
@@ -200,8 +181,6 @@ class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
         subprocess.check_call(["cmake", "--build", "."] + build_args, cwd=self.build_temp)
 
 
-download_and_copy_ptxas()
-
 setup(
     name="triton",
     version="2.0.0",