--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 dependencies = [
   "packaging >= 19.1",
   "pyproject_hooks",
-  # not actually a runtime dependency, only supplied as there is not "recommended dependency" support
-  'colorama; os_name == "nt"',
   'importlib-metadata >= 4.6; python_full_version < "3.10.2"',  # Not required for 3.8+, but fixes a stdlib bug
   'tomli >= 1.1.0; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]