diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c9d198bf..da33dd1e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ norecursedirs = [
     "docs.*",
 ]
 
-[tool.sqla_testing]
-requirement_cls = "pyathena.sqlalchemy.requirements:Requirements"
-profile_file = "tests/sqlalchemy/profiles.txt"
-
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
 exclude = [
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index eee4d873..add03328 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SQLAlchemy's compliance test plugin reads this section directly from setup.cfg.
+# Keep it here until sqlalchemy.testing.plugin.plugin_base supports pyproject.toml.
 [sqla_testing]
 requirement_cls = pyathena.sqlalchemy.requirements:Requirements
 profile_file = tests/sqlalchemy/profiles.txt