diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5541b0..d27d99d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "pkgconfig"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "pkgconfig"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "lz4/version.py"
\ No newline at end of file
+write_to = "lz4/version.py"