diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 44fc840e8..20ef25992 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ requires = [
     "cython>=3.0.0",
     "ninja",
     "pytest",
-    "distutils"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"