diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 653e464c..00000000
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64.0.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb5ce098..1372b507 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ def read(fname):
 setup(
     # Application name:
     name="fenrir-screenreader",
-    # Version is now handled by setuptools_scm
-    use_scm_version=True,
-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     # description
     description="A TTY Screen Reader for Linux.",
     long_description=read('README.md'),