diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be74ce7..499958c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 requires =[
         "setuptools >=39.2.0",
         "setuptools_scm >= 4.1.2",
-        "wheel",
         ]
 
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c005c5f..853cdfd 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ install_requires =
 setup_requires =
     setuptools >=39.2.0
     setuptools_scm >= 4.1.2
-    wheel
 [options.extras_require]
 # To install these dependencies, run pip install .[test]
 test =