diff --git a/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt b/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt
index 0f5f9b8e8f21..9c8251989477 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ pyyaml
 pyzstd
 setuptools>=70.1.0
 six
-wheel
 
 scons==4.5.2 ; platform_machine == "aarch64"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8b154a4e6e2..b41ae87621f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ requires = [
     # 70.1.0: min version for integrated bdist_wheel command from wheel package
     # 77.0.0: min version for SPDX expression support for project.license
     "setuptools>=70.1.0,<80.0",
-    "wheel",
     "cmake>=3.27",
     "ninja",
     "numpy",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef3968f78578..4526f303c046 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # Build System requirements
 setuptools>=70.1.0,<80.0  # setuptools develop deprecated on 80.0
-wheel
 cmake>=3.27
 ninja
 numpy
@@ -25,3 +24,4 @@ optree>=0.13.0
 psutil
 sympy>=1.13.3
 typing-extensions>=4.13.2
+wheel