diff --git a/py/.gitignore b/py/.gitignore
index 40bf522dbc..4e686d3d17 100644
--- a/py/.gitignore
+++ b/py/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # FFI
-sentry_relay/sentry_relay*
+sentry_relay/_relay_pyo3*
 
 # Wheels
 dist
diff --git a/py/pyproject.toml b/py/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf445dad9..0000000000
--- a/py/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["maturin>=1.4,<2.0"]
-build-backend = "maturin"
-
-[project]
-name = "sentry_relay"
-description = "A python library to access sentry relay functionality."
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
-authors = [
-    { email = "hello@sentry.io" }
-]
-license = { text = "FSL-1.0-Apache-2.0" }
-classifiers = [
-    "Programming Language :: Rust",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
-]
-dynamic = ["version"]
-
-[tool.maturin]
-module-name = "relay_pyo3"
-manifest-path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
-
-[tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.11"
-plugins = ["pydantic.mypy"]
-files = ["."]
-exclude = ["^.venv/"]
-
-[tool.black]
-line-length = 100
-target-version = ['py310']
-
-[tool.isort]
-profile = "black"
-line_length = 100
-lines_between_sections = 1