diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8cac9f3594..a2db861dc4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools~=62.3", "wheel~=0.37.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools~=68.0", "wheel~=0.40.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index e14c0e7b08..0000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Setuptools v62.3 doesn't support editable installs with just 'pyproject.toml' (PEP 660).
-# Keep this file until it does!