diff --git a/tools/pinning/current/pyproject.toml b/tools/pinning/current/pyproject.toml
index a10c92d13..95f8df5ef 100644
--- a/tools/pinning/current/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tools/pinning/current/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ cryptography = "!= 37.0.3"
 # version of tox to keep deterministic builds.
 tox = ">=4"
 
-
-[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/tools/pinning/oldest/pyproject.toml b/tools/pinning/oldest/pyproject.toml
index 91b314707..0273894fe 100644
--- a/tools/pinning/oldest/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tools/pinning/oldest/pyproject.toml
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ cython = "<3.0"
 # We add any dependencies that must be specified in this file for any another
 # reason below.
 
-[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"