diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt
index 7650d20..665ecb0 100644
--- a/requirements-build.txt
+++ b/requirements-build.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ setuptools
 wheel
 twine
 setuptools_scm
-
-# XEdDSA dependency does not seem to have a wheel and requires the following two
-# modules to build (see https://github.com/Syndace/python-xeddsa)
-cmake
-make