diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 67941fb..2d5f87a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,43 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools>=42",
-    "wheel"
-]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "fiddy"
+description = "Finite difference methods"
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+authors = [
+    { name = "The fiddy developers", email = "dilan.pathirana@uni-bonn.de" }
+]
+keywords = ["finite difference", "gradient check", "difference quotient"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "joblib",
+    "numpy",
+    "pandas"
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/icb-dcm/fiddy"
+Documentation = "https://fiddy.readthedocs.io"
+Repository = "https://github.com/icb-dcm/fiddy"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/icb-dcm/fiddy/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["fiddy*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b1d928b..5ff3715 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,54 +1,3 @@
-[metadata]
-name = fiddy
-version = attr: fiddy.version.__version__
-description = Finite difference methods
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-
-# URLs
-url = https://github.com/icb-dcm/fiddy
-download_url = https://github.com/icb-dcm/fiddy/releases
-project_urls =
-    Bug Tracker = https://github.com/icb-dcm/fiddy/issues
-    Documentation = https://fiddy.readthedocs.io
-    Changelog = https://fiddy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html
-
-# Author information
-author = The fiddy developers
-author_email = dilan.pathirana@uni-bonn.de
-
-# License information
-license = BSD-3-Clause
-license_files = LICENSE
-
-# Search tags
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
-    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-    Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-keywords =
-    finite difference
-    gradient check
-
-[options]
-install_requires =
-    joblib
-    numpy
-    pandas
-
-python_requires = >=3.9
-include_package_data = True
-
-# Where is my code
-packages = find:
-
-[options.packages.find]
-include = fiddy*
-
 [options.extras_require]
 all =
     %(amici)s
@@ -72,7 +21,3 @@ tests =
     scipy
     sympy
     more-itertools
-
-[bdist_wheel]
-# Requires Python 3
-universal = False
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ab9498..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# setup.py is still needed for editable installs
-
-import setuptools
-
-setuptools.setup()