diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6276fe1c17..cb9e74ed98 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ repos:
     rev: v0.942
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
-        args:
-          - --ignore-missing-imports
-          # Silence errors about Python 3.9-style delayed type annotations on Python 3.8
-          - --python-version
-          - "3.9"
+        # Override default --ignore-missing-imports
+        args: []
         additional_dependencies:
           # Type stubs
           - types-docutils
@@ -46,6 +43,7 @@ repos:
           - types-paramiko
           - types-PyYAML
           - types-psutil
+          - types-setuptools
           # Typed libraries
           - numpy
           - dask
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dd99eccfc7..34fa189fe2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -59,3 +59,8 @@ timeout_method = thread
 # This should not be reduced; Windows CI has been observed to be occasionally
 # exceptionally slow.
 timeout = 300
+
+[mypy]
+# Silence errors about Python 3.9-style delayed type annotations on Python 3.8
+python_version = 3.9
+ignore_missing_imports = true