diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix
index 7258874457c3..cc8a5c2fbcc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   setuptools,
-  wheel,
   more-itertools,
   numpy,
 }:
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [
     setuptools
-    wheel
   ];
 
   dependencies = [