diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4190956f..00176366 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools==59.2.0", "wheel==0.37.0", "cmake>=3.1", "pip",
-  "scikit-build>=0.13.2",
+  "cmake>=3.1",
   "numpy==1.13.3; python_version=='3.6' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64'",
   "numpy==1.17.0; python_version=='3.7' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64'",
   "numpy==1.17.5; python_version=='3.8' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64'",
@@ -10,5 +9,8 @@ requires = [
   "numpy==1.19.3; python_version=='3.9' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64'",
   "numpy==1.21.2; python_version=='3.10' and platform_system!='Darwin'",
   "numpy==1.21.4; python_version=='3.10' and platform_system=='Darwin'",
-  "numpy==1.23.2; python_version>='3.11'"
+  "numpy==1.22.2; python_version>='3.11'",
+  "pip",
+  "scikit-build>=0.14.0",
+  "setuptools==59.2.0",
 ]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5107e8ea..b17c11e6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -256,13 +256,6 @@ def main():
             cmake_args.append("-DWITH_LAPACK=ON")
             cmake_args.append("-DENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF")
 
-    # https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build/issues/479
-    if "CMAKE_ARGS" in os.environ:
-        import shlex
-
-        cmake_args.extend(shlex.split(os.environ["CMAKE_ARGS"]))
-        del shlex
-
     # works via side effect
     RearrangeCMakeOutput(
         rearrange_cmake_output_data, files_outside_package_dir, package_data.keys()
@@ -314,7 +307,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
 
-class RearrangeCMakeOutput(object):
+class RearrangeCMakeOutput:
     """
         Patch SKBuild logic to only take files related to the Python package
         and construct a file hierarchy that SKBuild expects (see below)