diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index cec2ca48c..7b9eabea0 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Respect `rustflags` settings in cargo configuration file in [#1405](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1405)
 * Bump MSRV to 1.63.0 in [#1407](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1407)
 * Deprecate `--univeral2` in favor of `universal2-apple-darwin` target in [#1457](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1457)
+* Raise an error when `Cargo.toml` contains removed python package metadata in [#1471](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1471)
 
 ## [0.14.12] - 2023-01-31
 
diff --git a/src/cargo_toml.rs b/src/cargo_toml.rs
index 646b576ae..59a1de34c 100644
--- a/src/cargo_toml.rs
+++ b/src/cargo_toml.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use fs_err as fs;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ impl CargoToml {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Warn about removed python metadata support in `Cargo.toml`
-    pub fn warn_removed_python_metadata(&self) -> bool {
+    /// Check removed python metadata support in `Cargo.toml`
+    pub fn check_removed_python_metadata(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let mut removed = Vec::new();
         if let Some(CargoTomlMetadata {
             maturin: Some(extra_metadata),
@@ -80,16 +80,14 @@ impl CargoToml {
             }
         }
         if !removed.is_empty() {
-            eprintln!(
-                "⚠️  Warning: the following metadata fields in `package.metadata.maturin` section \
+            bail!(
+                "The following metadata fields in `package.metadata.maturin` section \
                 of Cargo.toml are removed since maturin 0.14.0: {}, \
                 please set them in pyproject.toml as PEP 621 specifies.",
                 removed.join(", ")
             );
-            true
-        } else {
-            false
         }
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/project_layout.rs b/src/project_layout.rs
index 7b4a0d5e1..61956eec2 100644
--- a/src/project_layout.rs
+++ b/src/project_layout.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl ProjectResolver {
         cargo_options.manifest_path = Some(manifest_file.clone());
 
         let cargo_toml = CargoToml::from_path(&manifest_file)?;
-        cargo_toml.warn_removed_python_metadata();
+        cargo_toml.check_removed_python_metadata()?;
 
         let manifest_dir = manifest_file.parent().unwrap();
         let pyproject_toml: Option<PyProjectToml> = if pyproject_file.is_file() {