diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28bd7883..190b3551 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=56", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=56", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]