diff --git a/docs/intro/reusable-apps.txt b/docs/intro/reusable-apps.txt
index e120857586..f0fa4b1306 100644
--- a/docs/intro/reusable-apps.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/reusable-apps.txt
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ this. For a small app like polls, this process isn't too difficult.
         :caption: ``django-polls/pyproject.toml``
 
         [build-system]
-        requires = ['setuptools>=40.8.0', 'wheel']
-        build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__'
+        requires = ['setuptools>=40.8.0']
+        build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 
    .. code-block:: ini
         :caption: ``django-polls/setup.cfg``
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 21aa71dd2d..b1b79a53dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ['setuptools>=40.8.0', 'wheel']
-build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__'
+requires = ['setuptools>=40.8.0']
+build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 
 [tool.black]
 target-version = ['py38']