diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 11aebb4..117751b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,41 +1,44 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=42",
-    "wheel",
-    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.0",
+    "setuptools>=64",
+    "setuptools_scm>=8",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "tueplots"
+authors = [
+    {name="Nicholas Krämer", email="pekra@dtu.dk"}
+]
+description = "Scientific plotting made easy."
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python=">=3.8"
+classifiers = [
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+dependencies = [
+  "matplotlib",
+  "numpy",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+ci = ["tox"]
+examples = ["jupyter"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["tueplots*"]
+
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-local_scheme = "dirty-tag"
-write_to = "tueplots/_version.py"
-write_to_template = """
-# pylint: skip-file
-# coding: utf-8
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-version = \"{version}\"
-"""
+version_file = "tueplots/_version.py"
 
-# Configuration of the black code style checker
-# For more information about Black's usage of this file, see
-# https://github.com/psf/black#pyprojecttoml
-[tool.black]
-include = '\.pyi?$'
-exclude = '''
-/(
-    \.eggs
-  | \.git
-  | \.hg
-  | \.mypy_cache
-  | \.tox
-  | \.venv
-  | _build
-  | buck-out
-  | build
-  | dist
-)/
-'''
 
 [tool.isort]
 multi_line_output = "3"
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ load-plugins = [
     "pylint.extensions.docparams",
     "pylint.extensions.docstyle",
 ]
-
+ignore-paths = 'tueplots/_version.py'
 
 [tool.pylint.messages_control]
 disable = [
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 12a59e4..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = tueplots
-description = Scientific plotting made easy
-author = Nicholas Krämer
-author_email = nicholas.kraemer@uni-tuebingen.de
-license = MIT
-license_file = LICENSE
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-
-[options]
-packages = find:
-install_requires =
-    matplotlib
-    numpy
-python_requires = >=3.8
-
-
-[options.extras_require]
-ci =
-    tox
-examples =
-    jupyter
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6068493..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup()