diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d288e68e..e611abc4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ requires = [
   # sync with setup.py until we discard non-pep-517/518
   "setuptools",
   "setuptools-scm",
-  "wheel",
-  "build",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b71ae78e..fb91a518 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ commands = make -C docs man
 description = Prepare for TestPyPI
 basepython = python3
 deps =
-    wheel
     twine
-    # PEP 517 build frontend
     build
 commands =
     # Same as python3 -m build