diff --git a/setup/build.py b/setup/build.py
index 4a94a4c93f..4fa8a39116 100644
--- a/setup/build.py
+++ b/setup/build.py
@@ -675,10 +675,6 @@ class Build(Command):
 requires = ["sip >=5.3", "PyQt-builder >=1"]
 build-backend = "sipbuild.api"
 
-[tool.sip.metadata]
-name = "{ext.name}"
-requires-dist = "PyQt6 (>=6.2.1)"
-
 [tool.sip]
 project-factory = "pyqtbuild:PyQtProject"
 
@@ -686,6 +682,9 @@ project-factory = "pyqtbuild:PyQtProject"
 sip-files-dir = "."
 {abi_version}
 
+[project]
+name = "{ext.name}"
+
 [tool.sip.builder]
 qmake-settings = [
     """QMAKE_CC = {self.env.cc}""",