diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 24f13921eaf8..a3b5833d0fd6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dmypy = ["psutil>=4.0"]
 mypyc = ["setuptools>=50"]
-python2 = []
 reports = ["lxml"]
 install-types = ["pip"]
 faster-cache = ["orjson"]