diff --git a/docs/changelog.d/63.bugfix.md b/docs/changelog.d/63.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ac1003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog.d/63.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Simplified test-time dependencies
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 45014fd..50275db 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ test = [
     "pytest-repeat",        # repeating tests (@pytest.mark.repeat)
     "pytest-sugar",         # look-and-feel for pytest progress
     "pytest-xdist[psutil]", # distributed tests (-n logical --no-pylint)
-    "setuptools-scm[toml]", # git tags-based versioning in editable install
     "types-pycurl",         # external type annotations: pycurl
     "types-tqdm"            # external type annotations: tqdm
 ]
@@ -67,7 +66,8 @@ dev = [
     "pip-review",           # upgrade outdated packages
     "towncrier",            # producing changelogs
     "twine",                # PyPI package publishing
-    "wheel"                 # build system, support PEP 518 installs
+    "wheel",                # build system (also downloaded during build)
+    "setuptools-scm[toml]"  # git tags-based versioning (also downloaded during build)
 ]
 
 doc = [