diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index c8b20a68..1ec634f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
     - run: pipx run ruff format --diff
 
   codespell:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ec552b6..cf5917f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ skip = """
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = [".maint/update_authors.py"]
 line-length = 99
-target-version = "py310"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 extend-select = [