diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c1cbba..f8954c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools","requests"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+py-modules = []
+
 [project]
 name = "qdox"
 version = "0.0.0a0"