diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index ff21f43ab0..5a3a97e16e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -27590,12 +27590,10 @@ tool).")
            python-py-cpuinfo
            python-pydata-sphinx-theme
            python-pytest
-           python-pytest-cov
            python-setuptools
            python-setuptools-scm ;for correct version
            python-sphinx
-           python-sphinx-issues
-           python-wheel))
+           python-sphinx-issues))
     (home-page "https://github.com/zarr-developers/numcodecs")
     (synopsis "Buffer compression and transformation codecs")
     (description