diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 35b5c9a..4243984 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ version-strings = ["setup.py"]
 build-system = "setuptools"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 40.6.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 40.6.0"]