diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f69d8aa4..0e754dc6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,19 +50,6 @@ Repository = 'https://github.itap.purdue.edu/MintonGroup/swiftest'
 requires = [
     "scikit-build-core>=0.8",
     "cython>=3.0",
-    "pyproject_metadata",
-    "pytest",
-    "pathspec",
-    "sphinx",
-    "sphinx-autosummary-accessors",
-    "sphinx-book-theme >= 0.3",
-    "sphinx-copybutton",
-    "sphinx-design",
-    "sphinx-inline-tabs",
-    "sphinxext-rediraffe",
-    "sphinxext-opengraph",
-    "nbsphinx",
-    "ford",
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
@@ -127,8 +114,6 @@ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$REPAIR_LIBRARY_PATH delocate-wheel \
 --require-archs {delocate_archs} -w {dest_dir} -v {wheel}
 """
 
-
-
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux.environment]
 PREFIX="/usr/local"
 NCDIR="${PREFIX}"