diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 19832789f..91dc09298 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,12 +50,10 @@ Source = "https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework"
 Changelog = "https://www.django-rest-framework.org/community/release-notes/"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-zip-safe = false
 include-package-data = true
 license-files = ["LICENSE.md"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-exclude = ["tests*"]
 namespaces = false
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]