diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..974d2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+  "pip >= 19.3.1",
+  "setuptools >= 42",
+  "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 3.5.0",
+  "setuptools_scm_git_archive >= 1.1",
+  "wheel >= 0.33.6",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5592636..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
-# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
-# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-
-docutils
-restructuredtext-lint>=0.7
-stevedore
-Pygments
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b180b80..1db499d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name = doc8
 summary = Style checker for Sphinx (or other) RST documentation
-description-file =
+description_file =
     README.rst
 author = OpenStack
 author_email = openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ extend_ignore = E203
 
 [options]
 python_requires = >=3.6
+# These are required in actual runtime:
+install_requires =
+    docutils
+    restructuredtext-lint>=0.7
+    stevedore
+    Pygments
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 90623e2..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-# implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
-import setuptools
-
-# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
-# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
-# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
-try:
-    import multiprocessing  # noqa
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-setuptools.setup(setup_requires=["pbr"], pbr=True)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ce4b300..1aa1c15 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
-minversion = 3.8
+minversion = 3.24.4
 envlist = lint,py,docs,packaging
+isolated_build = True
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ deps =
 commands = pytest {posargs}
 whitelist_externals =
   rm
+  sh
+setenv =
+  PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
 
 [testenv:lint]
 deps =
@@ -19,25 +23,33 @@ commands =
 deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
-  doc8 -e .rst doc CONTRIBUTING.rst README.rst
+  python -m doc8 -e .rst doc CONTRIBUTING.rst README.rst
   sphinx-build -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 
 [testenv:packaging]
 description =
-    Do packagin/distribution. If tag is not present or PEP440 compliant upload to
-    PYPI could fail
-# `usedevelop = true` overrides `skip_install` instruction, it's unwanted
+  Build package, verify metadata, install package and assert behavior
+deps =
+  build >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.0
+  twine
 usedevelop = false
-# don't install molecule itself in this env
 skip_install = true
-deps =
-    collective.checkdocs >= 0.2
-    pep517 >= 0.5.0
-    twine >= 1.14.0
-setenv =
+# Ref: https://twitter.com/di_codes/status/1044358639081975813
 commands =
-    rm -rfv {toxinidir}/dist/
-    python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-    # metadata validation
-    python -m setup checkdocs --verbose
-    python -m twine check {toxinidir}/dist/*
+  # build wheel and sdist using PEP-517
+  {envpython} -c 'import os.path, shutil, sys; \
+  dist_dir = os.path.join("{toxinidir}", "dist"); \
+  os.path.isdir(dist_dir) or sys.exit(0); \
+  print("Removing \{!s\} contents...".format(dist_dir), file=sys.stderr); \
+  shutil.rmtree(dist_dir)'
+  {envpython} -m build \
+    --outdir {toxinidir}/dist/ \
+    {toxinidir}
+  # Validate metadata using twine
+  twine check --strict {toxinidir}/dist/*
+  # Ensure package is not installed
+  pip uninstall -y doc8
+  # Install the wheel
+  sh -c "python3 -m pip install {toxinidir}/dist/*.whl"
+  # Ensure package can be uninstalled
+  pip uninstall -y doc8