diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spaCy/spaCy-3.7.4-foss-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spaCy/spaCy-3.7.4-foss-2023a.eb
index 6ca6017894a..e8c79ceb6bf 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spaCy/spaCy-3.7.4-foss-2023a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spaCy/spaCy-3.7.4-foss-2023a.eb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023a'}
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('poetry', '1.7.1'),
+    ('hatchling', '1.18.0'),
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ dependencies = [
     ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.07'),
     ('tqdm', '4.66.1'),
     ('pydantic', '2.5.3'),
-    ('hatchling', '1.18.0')
 ]
 
 use_pip = True
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ exts_list = [
         'source_tmpl': 'smart_open-%(version)s.tar.gz',
         'checksums': ['be3c92c246fbe80ebce8fbacb180494a481a77fcdcb7c1aadb2ea5b9c2bee8b9'],
     }),
-    ('hatch_fancy_pypi_readme', '24.1.0', {
-        'checksums': ['44dd239f1a779b9dcf8ebc9401a611fd7f7e3e14578dcf22c265dfaf7c1514b8'],
-    }),
     ('langcodes', '3.3.0', {
         'checksums': ['794d07d5a28781231ac335a1561b8442f8648ca07cd518310aeb45d6f0807ef6'],
     }),