diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee96ddb..1c70e80 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=50.3.2", "wheel", "setuptools-declarative-requirements", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=50.3.2", "setuptools-declarative-requirements", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]