diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8b0f322..e65b4d24 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ docs = [
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=60",
-    "wheel",
     "Cython~=3.1",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"