diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 8ee7c0914a0..1a6a7c4ee5c 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ dependencies:
           - cython>=3.0.3
           # TODO: Pin to numpy<1.25 until cudf requires pandas 2
           - &numpy numpy>=1.21,<1.25
-          - scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
           # Hard pin the patch version used during the build. This must be kept
           # in sync with the version pinned in get_arrow.cmake.
           - pyarrow==14.0.1.*
diff --git a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
index 7854a55edcb..3840307c6ec 100644
--- a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ requires = [
     "protoc-wheel",
     "pyarrow==14.0.1.*",
     "rmm==24.2.*",
-    "scikit-build-core>=0.7.0",
     "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
diff --git a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
index d567fe1b566..0c5ddb886df 100644
--- a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ requires = [
     "cython>=3.0.3",
     "numpy>=1.21,<1.25",
     "pyarrow==14.0.1.*",
-    "scikit-build-core>=0.7.0",
     "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.