diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4915214f..db932f633 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "wheel",
     # pin setuptools:
     # https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv/pull/1426#issuecomment-2290658198
     # Most likely cause:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73a31067b..bbd5dbfb1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup, Command, Extension
 
 try:
-    from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
+    from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 except ImportError:
     bdist_wheel = None