diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 401f4554529b..fd2e427889d8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
         "numpy>=1.17",
         "setuptools_scm>=4",
         "setuptools_scm_git_archive",
+        "wheel"
     ],
     install_requires=[
         "cycler>=0.10",
@@ -321,11 +322,7 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
         "pillow>=6.2.0",
         "pyparsing>=2.2.1,<3.0.0",
         "python-dateutil>=2.7",
-    ] + (
-        # Installing from a git checkout.
-        ["setuptools_scm>=4"] if Path(__file__).with_name(".git").exists()
-        else []
-    ),
+    ],
     use_scm_version={
         "version_scheme": "release-branch-semver",
         "local_scheme": "node-and-date",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b6b94c41b5fc..8a5836f77db3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ commands =
     pytest --pyargs matplotlib {posargs}
 deps =
     pytest
+    setuptools_scm
 
 [testenv:pytz]
 changedir = /tmp
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ commands =
 deps =
     pytest
     pytz
+    setuptools_scm