diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3ebccd..0e46d92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ 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