diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 924724bc9e..89b078bf09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,18 +37,15 @@ build: protos build-java build-docker
 
 # Python SDK
 
-install-python-dependencies:
-	python -m piptools sync sdk/python/requirements/py$(PYTHON_VERSION)-requirements.txt
-	pip install --no-deps .
-	python setup.py build_python_protos --inplace
-
 install-python-dependencies-uv:
 	uv pip sync --system sdk/python/requirements/py$(PYTHON_VERSION)-requirements.txt
+	uv pip install --system setuptools grpcio-tools==1.56.2
 	uv pip install --system --no-deps .
 	python setup.py build_python_protos --inplace
 
 install-python-dependencies-uv-venv:
 	uv pip sync sdk/python/requirements/py$(PYTHON_VERSION)-requirements.txt
+	uv pip install setuptools grpcio-tools==1.56.2
 	uv pip install --no-deps .
 	python setup.py build_python_protos --inplace
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03b8f290c2..31cbead186 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = [
-  "grpcio-tools==1.56.2",
-  "grpcio>=1.56.2,<2",
-  "mypy-protobuf==3.1",
-  "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0",
-  "pybindgen==0.22.0",
-  "setuptools>=60",
-  "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
-  "sphinx!=4.0.0",
-  "wheel",
-]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 # Including this section is comparable to supplying use_scm_version=True in setup.py.