diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2b40555d6d..9f4dae2b0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ extend-ignore = [
     "PLW0603", # Using the global statement to update is discouraged
     "PLC1901", # x == "" can be simplified to not x (empty string is falsey)
 ]
-target-version = "py37"
 typing-modules = ["awkward._typing"]
 src = ["src"]
 unfixable = [