diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf/pyproject.toml.m4 b/pkgs/sage-conf/pyproject.toml.m4
index faae302cdb7..fdb69238bde 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf/pyproject.toml.m4
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf/pyproject.toml.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include(`sage_spkg_versions_toml.m4')dnl' -*- conf-toml -*-
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_setuptools_wheel
+    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_setuptools
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"