diff --git a/misc/build_wheel.py b/misc/build_wheel.py
index b21c19da98eb..44b40c2e8fed 100644
--- a/misc/build_wheel.py
+++ b/misc/build_wheel.py
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 The main GitHub workflow where this script is used:
 https://github.com/mypyc/mypy_mypyc-wheels/blob/master/.github/workflows/build.yml
 
-This uses cibuildwheel (https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel) to
-build the wheels.
+This uses cibuildwheel (https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel) to build the wheels.
 
 Usage:
 
-  build_wheel_ci.py --python-version <python-version> \
-                    --output-dir <dir>
+  build_wheel.py --python-version <python-version> --output-dir <dir>
 
 Wheels for the given Python version will be created in the given directory.
 Python version is in form "39".
@@ -18,9 +16,7 @@
 
 You can test locally by using --extra-opts. macOS example:
 
-  mypy/misc/build_wheel_ci.py --python-version 39 --output-dir out --extra-opts="--platform macos"
-
-Other supported values for platform: linux, windows
+  mypy/misc/build_wheel.py --python-version 39 --output-dir out --extra-opts="--platform macos"
 """
 
 import argparse
@@ -39,13 +35,13 @@ def create_environ(python_version: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Set up environment variables for cibuildwheel."""
     env = os.environ.copy()
 
-    env['CIBW_BUILD'] = "cp{}-*".format(python_version)
+    env['CIBW_BUILD'] = f"cp{python_version}-*"
 
     # Don't build 32-bit wheels
     env['CIBW_SKIP'] = "*-manylinux_i686 *-win32"
 
     # Apple Silicon support
-    # When cross-compiling on Intel, it is not possible to test arm64 and 
+    # When cross-compiling on Intel, it is not possible to test arm64 and
     # the arm64 part of a universal2 wheel. Warnings will be silenced with
     # following CIBW_TEST_SKIP
     env['CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS'] = "x86_64 arm64"
@@ -56,20 +52,15 @@ def create_environ(python_version: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     # mypy's isolated builds don't specify the requirements mypyc needs, so install
     # requirements and don't use isolated builds. we need to use build-requirements.txt
     # with recent mypy commits to get stub packages needed for compilation.
-    #
-    # TODO: remove use of mypy-requirements.txt once we no longer need to support
-    #       building pre modular typeshed releases
     env['CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD'] = """
-      pip install -r {package}/mypy-requirements.txt &&
-      (pip install -r {package}/build-requirements.txt || true)
+      pip install -r {package}/build-requirements.txt
     """.replace('\n', ' ')
 
     # download a copy of clang to use to compile on linux. this was probably built in 2018,
     # speeds up compilation 2x
     env['CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_LINUX'] = """
       (cd / && curl -L %s | tar xzf -) &&
-      pip install -r {package}/mypy-requirements.txt &&
-      (pip install -r {package}/build-requirements.txt || true)
+      pip install -r {package}/build-requirements.txt
     """.replace('\n', ' ') % LLVM_URL
 
     # the double negative is counterintuitive, https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5735
@@ -128,8 +119,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     output_dir = args.output_dir
     extra_opts = args.extra_opts
     environ = create_environ(python_version)
-    script = 'python -m cibuildwheel {} --output-dir {} {}'.format(extra_opts, output_dir,
-                                                                   ROOT_DIR)
+    script = f'python -m cibuildwheel {extra_opts} --output-dir {output_dir} {ROOT_DIR}'
     subprocess.check_call(script, shell=True, env=environ)