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-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst4
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst5
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index d0ed5392293..424c505715f 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -2000,9 +2000,7 @@ The ``python_pep517`` class builds and installs a Python ``wheel`` binary
archive (see `PEP-517 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0517/>`__).
Recipes wouldn't inherit this directly, instead typically another class will
-inherit this, add the relevant native dependencies, and set
-:term:`PEP517_BUILD_API` to the Python class which implements the PEP-517 build
-API.
+inherit this and add the relevant native dependencies.
Examples of classes which do this are :ref:`python_flit_core
<ref-classes-python_flit_core>`, :ref:`python_setuptools_build_meta
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index c4b2119f26c..1710830dc03 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -5682,11 +5682,6 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
:term:`PE` is the default value of the :term:`PKGE` variable.
- :term:`PEP517_BUILD_API`
- When used by recipes that inherit the :ref:`python_pep517
- <ref-classes-python_pep517>` class, specifies the entry point to the
- PEP-517 compliant build API (such as ``flit_core.buildapi``).
-
:term:`PEP517_WHEEL_PATH`
When used by recipes that inherit the
:ref:`python_pep517 <ref-classes-python_pep517>` class,