diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a39b684..53f3f06 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 requires = [
     # First version of setuptools to support pyproject.toml configuration
     "setuptools>=61.0.0",
-    "wheel",
     # Must be kept in sync with `project.dependencies`
     "cffi>=1.0.0",
     "pkgconfig>=1.5",