diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2683f072..e3f25bf7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "pip >= 19.3.1",
   "setuptools >= 42",
   "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 3.5.0",
   "setuptools_scm_git_archive >= 1.1",