diff --git a/changelog/1356.misc.rst b/changelog/1356.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b1d6492f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/1356.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Migrate determining which packages to include in the built wheel and package from a static setup.py list to dynamic configured in pyproject.toml.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1619882f04..b18c2258c6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ build = [
     "twine~=5.1.1",
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["disnake*"]
+
 [tool.nox]
 script-venv-backend = "uv|virtualenv"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73c17b4936..0f6db17d46 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,21 +31,6 @@
     except Exception:
         pass
 
-packages = [
-    "disnake",
-    "disnake.bin",
-    "disnake.types",
-    "disnake.ui",
-    "disnake.ui.select",
-    "disnake.webhook",
-    "disnake.interactions",
-    "disnake.ext.commands",
-    "disnake.ext.tasks",
-    "disnake.ext.mypy_plugin",
-]
-
 setup(
     version=version,
-    packages=packages,
-    include_package_data=True,
 )