diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
index 0b7a973e8..688c84961 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ envlist =
 
 [base_configs]
 wheel = true
-wheel_pep517 = true
 parallel_show_output = true
 
 {%- if cookiecutter.jupyter_notebook_project != 'yes' %}
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ commands = coverage run -m pytest \
            -n={env:PYTEST_XDIST_PROC_NR:auto} \
            {posargs:tests}
 wheel = {[base_configs]wheel}
-wheel_pep517 = {[base_configs]wheel_pep517}
 parallel_show_output = {[base_configs]parallel_show_output}
 
 [testenv:py3{7,8,9}-benchmark]
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ commands =
             --benchmark-verbose \
             {posargs:tests}'
 wheel = {[testenv]wheel}
-wheel_pep517 = {[testenv]wheel_pep517}
 parallel_show_output = {[testenv]parallel_show_output}
 
 [testenv:mutmut]
@@ -136,7 +133,6 @@ commands =
             {env:JUNIT_HTML_REPORT_OUTPUT_PATH} \
             \033[0m"'
 wheel = {[testenv]wheel}
-wheel_pep517 = {[testenv]wheel_pep517}
 
 [testenv:coverage]
 description = [Run locally after tests]: Combine coverage data and create reports;
@@ -188,7 +184,6 @@ commands =
 depends =
     py3{7,8,9}
 wheel = {[base_configs]wheel}
-wheel_pep517 = {[base_configs]wheel_pep517}
 parallel_show_output = {[base_configs]parallel_show_output}
 {%- endif %}