diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd3b5576..5b16c7ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 numpy_constraints = (
     ">=1.15",
     "!=1.17.0",
-    # TODO: drop this once all deps support numpy 2.0
-    # see https://github.com/dask/crick/issues/53
-    "<2",
 )
 numpy_version = ",".join(numpy_constraints)