diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c0face..382f01f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "pytest>=7.3.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]