diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97d69e35f..46fd8f6b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
   "setuptools>=75.3.1",
-  "wheel>=0.45.1",      # used by our setup.py
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c564235f4..61d91d999 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import sysconfig
-from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
+from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     # distutils is deprecated in Python 3.10 and removed in 3.12. However, it still works because Python defines a compatibility interface as long as setuptools is installed.