diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37fae39..7789180 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ setup(
     keywords="patroni nagios check",
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=[
-        "wheel",
         "attrs >= 17, !=21.1",
         "urllib3 >= 1.26.6",
         "nagiosplugin >= 1.3.2",
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
+            "wheel",
             "black",
             "check-manifest",
             "flake8",