diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a03f1a50..b81b7cb0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "nanobind"
 version = "2.0.1"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core", "cmake>=3.17", "ninja"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]