diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 86cc99b..1228fa5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,3 @@ known_first_party = ["django_mongoengine"]
 multi_line_output = 3
 skip_gitignore = true
 include_trailing_comma = true
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
-build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"