diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 37269b7b..13ed5a0e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["build>=0.7.0", "setuptools>=61.0", "wheel", "jpype1"]
+# setup.py imports only setuptools, so the build needs no JPype. A build-time jpype1 was compiled from
+# source on a Python without a JPype wheel (3.15, until JPype > 1.7.1) and failed there. `build` is a
+# frontend, not a backend requirement.
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 # This file defines the package metadata for arcadedb-embedded.
diff --git a/scripts/Dockerfile.build b/scripts/Dockerfile.build
index 82ca7886..a2c07583 100644
--- a/scripts/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/scripts/Dockerfile.build
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ COPY README.md ./
 
 
 # Install Python build dependencies
-RUN uv pip install --system build wheel setuptools jpype1
+# No jpype1: setup.py never imports it, and a Python without a JPype wheel (3.15, until JPype > 1.7.1) would compile it
+RUN uv pip install --system build wheel setuptools
 
 # Re-declare build args for this stage (required after FROM)
 ARG PACKAGE_NAME