diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f974fc..80c0c51 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "scikit-build", "cmake"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "scikit-build"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"