diff --git a/flyrs/.gitignore b/flyrs/.gitignore
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index 15640f3707..0000000000
--- a/flyrs/.gitignore
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/target
-
-pyproject.toml
-
-
-# Added by cargo
-#
-# already existing elements were commented out
-
-#/target
diff --git a/flyrs/pyproject.toml b/flyrs/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1,<2"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "flyrs"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Rust",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+]
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