diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile
index af8f8e7..687ff6b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ run: $(VENV)/pyvenv.cfg
 {%- endif %}
 
 $(VENV)/pyvenv.cfg: pyproject.toml
-	# Create our Python 3 virtual environment
-	python3 -m venv env
+	python -m venv env
 	$(VENV_BIN)/python -m pip install -e .[$(INSTALL_EXTRA)]
 
 .PHONY: lint
@@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ doc:
 
 .PHONY: package
 package: $(VENV)/pyvenv.cfg
-	. $(VENV_BIN)/activate && \
-		python3 -m build
+	$(VENV_BIN)/python -m build
 
 .PHONY: edit
 edit:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index 1bcb6e6..bed568d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["flit_core >=3.5,<4"]
-build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
-
 [project]
 name = "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ lint = [
     "interrogate",
     {%- endif %}
 ]
-dev = ["{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}[doc,test,lint]", "twine", "wheel", "build"]
+dev = ["{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}[doc,test,lint]", "twine", "build"]
 
 {% if cookiecutter.entry_point -%}
 [project.scripts]
@@ -56,9 +52,6 @@ Documentation = "https://{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}.github.io/{{ cookiec
 Issues = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/issues"
 Source = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"
 
-[tool.flit.module]
-name = "{{ cookiecutter.__project_import }}"
-
 [tool.coverage.run]
 # don't attempt code coverage for the CLI entrypoints
 omit = ["{{ cookiecutter.__project_src_path }}/_cli.py"]