diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
index 319d49267c..a8a09b4d56 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-python3 = "\
     python3-websockets \
     python3-werkzeug \
     python3-werkzeug \
-    python3-wheel \
     python3-whoosh \
     python3-wrapt \
     python3-wtforms \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-wheel_0.37.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-wheel_0.37.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c7a31db9e..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-wheel_0.37.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "The official binary distribution format for Python "
-HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/pypa/wheel"
-SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://PKG-INFO;beginline=10;endline=10;md5=8227180126797a0148f94f483f3e1489"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e9a504e793efbca1b8e0e9cb979a249cf4a0a7b5b8c9e8b65a5e39d49529c1c4"
-
-inherit pypi setuptools3
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
-