diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42ac5f20..87d87f27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 requires = [
     "setuptools",
     "setuptools-scm>=8.1.0",
-    "wheel",
 ]
 
 [project]