diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb7c4da7..73bf5407 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ classifiers=[
 dynamic = [  # these variables are dynamically set at `setup.py`
     "version",
     "scripts",
+    "dependencies",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc27da30..0c01fedf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 def get_install_requires():
     with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-        install_requires = f.readlines()
+        return f.readlines()
 
 
 def get_version():