diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41ba6ec..3f82e0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ dev = [
 [project.scripts]
 damascus = "damascus.cli:main"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = [
-  "pytest-asyncio>=0.23",
-  "pytest>=7",
-]
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"