diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ecfc707369..dc77740823 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-[metadata]
-name = "lightning"
-author = "Lightning-AI et al."
-url = "https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning"
-
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools",