diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c6c6de2..d826ee3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
 import io
 import os.path
 
-from packaging.version import Version
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from skbuild import setup
-from skbuild.cmaker import get_cmake_version
-from skbuild.exceptions import SKBuildError
-
-# Add CMake as a build requirement if cmake is not installed or is too low a version
-setup_requires = []
-try:
-    if Version(get_cmake_version()) < Version("3.17"):
-        setup_requires.append("cmake>=3.17")
-except SKBuildError:
-    setup_requires.append("cmake>=3.17")
 
 
 def read(file_name):
@@ -56,6 +45,5 @@ def exclude_non_implicit_cmake_files(cmake_manifest):
     ),
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=["numpy", "scipy>=0.16", "tqdm>=4.27"],
-    setup_requires=setup_requires,
     cmake_process_manifest_hook=exclude_non_implicit_cmake_files,
 )