diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a6b1c630041..8b2dc06ae91 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ repos:
     rev: 23.10.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        args: [--target-version=py38]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
     rev: 1.7.5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 59d8da44e4c..a49179a3734 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ package-dir = {"" = "src"}
 version = {attr = "PIL.__version__"}
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py38"
 line-length = 88
 select = [
   "E", # pycodestyle errors