diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0889579c..254fa99b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools",
-            "setuptools_scm",
-            "wheel"]
+            "setuptools_scm"]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'