Fixes for --no-isolation

Author: raulcd

.env

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ VCPKG="4334d8b4c8916018600212ab4dd4bbdc343065d1"    # 2025.09.17 Release
 # ci/docker/python-*-windows-*.dockerfile or the vcpkg config.
 # This is a workaround for our CI problem that "archery docker build" doesn't
 # use pulled built images in dev/tasks/python-wheels/github.windows.yml.
-PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION=2026-01-27
-PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION=2026-01-27
+PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION=2026-01-30
+PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION=2026-01-30
 
 # Use conanio/${CONAN_BASE}:{CONAN_VERSION} for "docker compose run --rm conan".
 # See https://github.com/conan-io/conan-docker-tools#readme and

ci/scripts/python_wheel_windows_build.bat

@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ git config --global --add safe.directory C:\arrow
 
 pushd C:\arrow\python
 
-@REM TODO: Remove once docker rebuild works correctly
-@REM See: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/48947
-%PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U build  || exit /B 1
-
 @REM Build wheel
 %PYTHON_CMD% -m build --sdist --wheel . --no-isolation ^
     -Csetup-args="-Dbuildtype=%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%" ^

python/requirements-wheel-build.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 build
 cython>=3.1
+meson-python
 numpy>=2.0.0
 setuptools_scm
 setuptools>=77