diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7fb18be..21adfc5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos:
       - id: test
         name: Run all tests
         # reinstall genmetaballs to rebuild C++/CUDA code, then run tests
-        entry: bash -c "pixi reinstall genmetaballs && pixi run test"
+        entry: pixi run test
         language: system
         pass_filenames: false
         always_run: true
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index d030239..aba1a11 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ packages:
 - pypi: ./
   name: genmetaballs
   version: 0.0.1
-  sha256: 98020d76b8c478b6d4d9d25d5b12d44e73c6640bda817f9c35ddcfe88e14c15a
+  sha256: ff5808c9ff250150d673af4cfc9f137b1637e7baf403f844625c9c5494d9b360
   requires_dist:
   - numpy>=2.3.4,<3
   - jax[cuda12]>=0.8.0,<0.9
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5647cb..4539c1d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ninja = "*"
 scikit-build-core = "*"
 nanobind = "*"
 gtest = ">=1.17.0,<2"
-clang-tools = ">=18,<20"  # Includes clang-format and clang-tidy
+clang-tools = ">=18,<20" # Includes clang-format and clang-tidy
 mesalib = ">=25.0.5,<26"
 
 [tool.pixi.pypi-dependencies]
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ genmetaballs = { path = ".", editable = true }
 ruff = ">=0.8.0"
 pre-commit = ">=3.0.0"
 
+[tool.pixi.pypi-options]
+# Disable build isolation for genmetaballs to allow scikit-build to find cmake and other build tools
+# See https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core/issues/1112#issuecomment-3025463521
+no-build-isolation = ["genmetaballs"]
+
 [tool.pixi.tasks]
 ctest = "ctest --test-dir build"
 pytest = "pytest"
-test = { depends-on = ["ctest", "pytest"] }
+test = { depends-on = ["pytest", "ctest"] }
 # Simple lint/format/fix commands (C++/CUDA + Python)
 format = { cmd = "scripts/format.sh" }
 lint = { cmd = "scripts/lint.sh" }
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ wheel.py-api = "cp313"                             # Or your Python version
 wheel.packages = ["genmetaballs/src/genmetaballs"]
 # use a persistent build directory to speed up rebuild & testing
 build-dir = "build"
+editable.rebuild = true
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = ["pytest"]
@@ -86,20 +92,20 @@ line-ending = "auto"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = [
-    "E",   # pycodestyle errors
-    "W",   # pycodestyle warnings
-    "F",   # pyflakes
-    "I",   # isort
-    "B",   # flake8-bugbear
-    "C4",  # flake8-comprehensions
-    "UP",  # pyupgrade
+    "E",  # pycodestyle errors
+    "W",  # pycodestyle warnings
+    "F",  # pyflakes
+    "I",  # isort
+    "B",  # flake8-bugbear
+    "C4", # flake8-comprehensions
+    "UP", # pyupgrade
 ]
 ignore = [
-    "E501",  # line too long (handled by formatter)
-    "B008",  # do not perform function calls in argument defaults
+    "E501", # line too long (handled by formatter)
+    "B008", # do not perform function calls in argument defaults
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = ["genmetaballs"]
 [tool.pixi.activation.env]
-PYOPENGL_PLATFORM = "osmesa"
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+PYOPENGL_PLATFORM = "osmesa"