diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 66fc30b4..89990f2c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.2", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]