diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50e11d1..c91549d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ dev-dependencies = [
     "scalene>=1.5.35",
 ]
 
-[tool.hatch.metadata]
-allow-direct-references = true
-
 # So hatch doesn't try to build other top-level directories like "data"
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["csv_metadata_quality"]