diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index de022e3..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-matrix:
-    include:
-        - name: "Linux-Py2"
-          os: linux
-          dist: xenial
-          env:
-            - MINICONDA=Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
-            - PYVER="--python=27"
-        - name: "Linux-Py3"
-          os: linux
-          dist: xenial
-          env:
-            - MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
-            - PYVER=""
-        - name: "OsX-Py2"
-          os: osx
-          osx_image: xcode8
-          env:
-            - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc && CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7"
-            - MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
-            - MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.9"
-            - PYVER="--python=27"
-        - name: "OsX-Py3"
-          os: osx
-          osx_image: xcode8
-          env:
-            - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc && CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7"
-            - MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
-            - MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.9"
-            - PYVER=""
-
-install:
-  - wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/$MINICONDA -O miniconda.sh;
-  - bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
-  - export PATH="$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
-  - hash -r
-  - conda update --yes -q conda
-  - conda install --yes conda-build
-  # Useful for debugging any issues with conda
-  - conda info -a
-  - gcc -v
-  - g++ -v
-
-script:
-  - conda build -c conda-forge $PYVER --override-channels conda-recipe
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf36141..b7994fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 * Added support for ISA constants `"avx10"` and `"avx512_e5"` and CNR constants `"avx10"` and `"avx10,strict"` [gh-175](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/175)
 
+### Changed
+* Added `mkl` as a runtime dependency and `mkl-devel` as build dependency in `pyproject.toml` [gh-177](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/177)
+
 ### Removed
 * Dropped support for Python 3.9 [gh-118](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/118)
 * Dropped support for `"ssse3"`, `"sse4_1"`, `"avx"`, `"avx512_mic"`, `"avx512_mic,strict"`, and `"avx512_mic_e1"` cbwr branches [gh-173](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/173)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 973ea8a..cb8a5f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-requires = ["setuptools>=77", "Cython", "wheel>=0.45.1", "build>=1.2.2"]
+requires = [
+  "setuptools>=77",
+  "Cython",
+  "wheel>=0.45.1",
+  "build>=1.2.2",
+  "mkl-devel"
+]
 
 [project]
 authors = [
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: POSIX",
   "Operating System :: Unix"
 ]
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = ["mkl"]
 description = "Python hooks for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) runtime control settings"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 keywords = ["MKL"]