diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index daaf450e70..b552b0d927 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ (define-public meson-python
            ninja
            python-colorama
            python-cython
-           python-pyproject-metadata-0.7
+           python-pyproject-metadata
            python-tomli
            python-typing-extensions
            python-wheel))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index c22df7728a..4b09f49cc0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -14306,22 +14306,6 @@ (define-public python-pyproject-metadata
 file (e.g. @file{PKG-INFO}).")
     (license license:expat)))
 
-(define-public python-pyproject-metadata-0.7
-  (package
-    (inherit python-pyproject-metadata)
-    (name "python-pyproject-metadata")
-    (version "0.7.1")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method git-fetch)
-       (uri (git-reference
-             (url "https://github.com/FFY00/python-pyproject-metadata")
-             (commit version)))
-       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "0yvs59ymz5gdix34a95wxlxvk9bnvjgrzsnmnc3ws7whpfv3yasm"))))))
-
 ;; pep621 was renamed to pyproject-metadata.
 (define-public python-pep621
   (deprecated-package "python-pep621" python-pyproject-metadata))