diff --git a/python/featomic/pyproject.toml b/python/featomic/pyproject.toml
index d22de5842..d59fa0ed5 100644
--- a/python/featomic/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/featomic/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ repository = "https://github.com/metatensor/featomic"
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools >=77",
-    "wheel",
     "packaging",
 ]
 
diff --git a/python/featomic/setup.py b/python/featomic/setup.py
index 617cfa7f0..413092af9 100644
--- a/python/featomic/setup.py
+++ b/python/featomic/setup.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import packaging
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
 from setuptools.command.bdist_egg import bdist_egg
+from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
-from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 
 
 ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/python/featomic_torch/pyproject.toml b/python/featomic_torch/pyproject.toml
index acdcfeab1..3fd96a643 100644
--- a/python/featomic_torch/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/featomic_torch/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ repository = "https://github.com/metatensor/featomic"
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools >=77",
-    "wheel",
     "packaging",
 ]
 
diff --git a/python/featomic_torch/setup.py b/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
index 5fabfc04a..e3682329f 100644
--- a/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
+++ b/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import packaging
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
 from setuptools.command.bdist_egg import bdist_egg
+from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
-from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 
 
 ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))