diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 26d299a3..efb5b9fb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ exclude = ["jsonschema/benchmarks/*"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 79
-target-version = "py38"
 select = ["B", "D", "D204", "E", "F", "Q", "RUF", "SIM", "UP", "W"]
 ignore = [
   # Wat, type annotations for self and cls, why is this a thing?