diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9787c3bd..fed528d4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5af4b6dd..1f99a1e1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:build]
 deps =
-    setuptools
-    wheel
     build
 commands =
     python -m build