diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 93508d92e..4725e860b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = []
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
 [project]
 name = "bitbake"
 version = "2.19.0"