diff --git a/py/pyproject.toml b/py/pyproject.toml
index eca3222d38..69bd19773b 100644
--- a/py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/py/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-rust"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ exclude = ["test*"]
 namespaces = true
 # include-package-data is `true` by default in pyproject.toml
 
-[[tool.setuptools-rust.ext-modules]]
-target = "selenium.webdriver.common.selenium-manager"
-binding = "Exec"
-
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "*" = [
     "*.py",