diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fcdd86e..f3ebccd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ requires-python = ">= 3.11"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
     "frozendict",
+    "pyo3"
 ]
 
 # Because this is a mixed rust/python project the structure is src/python/qubed rather than the more typical src/qubed
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
 
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-rust-backend = ["maturin>=1.7,<2.0", "pyo3"]
 
 stac_server = [
     "fastapi",