diff --git a/openllm-python/pyproject.toml b/openllm-python/pyproject.toml
index 3a41a86e..5929e0de 100644
--- a/openllm-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openllm-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ allow-direct-references = true
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 only-include = ["src/openllm"]
 sources = ["src"]
-dev-mode-dirs = ["."]
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 exclude = ["/.git_archival.txt"]
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.hooks.mypyc]