diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index c4646750e..bbb234d69 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ using ``venv``:
 
     $ python3 -m venv .
     $ source bin/activate
-    (env) $ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-    (env) $ pip install -e .
+    (env) $ pip install -e .[dev]
 
 Or using ``conda``:
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17c63ce00..ce577f267 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "cython",
+    "cython>=0.29.32",
     "oldest-supported-numpy",
-    "setuptools>=61.0.0",
+    "setuptools>=63",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pytest"]
 docs = ["sphinx", "numpydoc"]
+dev = ["descartes>=1.0.1", "matplotlib", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "wheel"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://shapely.readthedocs.io/"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f399aef5..000000000
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-cython==0.29.21
-descartes==1.0.1
-matplotlib
-numpy>=1.4.1
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-setuptools
-wheel