diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6e32289..71beae87 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[project]
-name = "asyncpg"
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"