diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 27abcfdec7..bc1277a142 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -156,20 +156,6 @@ repos:
         exclude: *fixtures
         args: ["--max-summary-lines=2", "--linewrap-full-docstring"]
         files: "pylint"
-  - repo: https://github.com/regebro/pyroma
-    rev: "4.2"
-    hooks:
-      - id: pyroma
-        # Must be specified because of the default value in pyroma
-        always_run: false
-        files: |
-          (?x)^(
-              README.rst|
-              pyproject.toml|
-              pylint/__init__.py|
-              pylint/__pkginfo__.py|
-              setup.cfg
-          )$
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
     rev: 1.8.3
     hooks:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46b0c3dcb6..fc6173a4eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ name = "pylint"
 description = "python code static checker"
 readme = "README.rst"
 keywords = [ "lint", "linter", "python", "static code analysis" ]
-license = { text = "GPL-2.0-or-later" }
+license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+license-files = [ "LICENSE", "CONTRIBUTORS.txt" ]
 authors = [
   { name = "Python Code Quality Authority", email = "code-quality@python.org" },
 ]
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
   "Environment :: Console",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-  "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)",
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ scripts.pylint-config = "pylint:_run_pylint_config"
 scripts.pyreverse = "pylint:run_pyreverse"
 scripts.symilar = "pylint:run_symilar"
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-license-files = [ "LICENSE", "CONTRIBUTORS.txt" ] # Keep in sync with setup.cfg
-
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = [ "pylint*" ]
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b35d7a5e9..0000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Setuptools v62.6 doesn't support editable installs with just 'pyproject.toml' (PEP 660).
-# Keep this file until it does!
-
-[metadata]
-# wheel doesn't yet read license_files from pyproject.toml - tools.setuptools
-# Keep it here until it does!
-license_files =
-    LICENSE
-    CONTRIBUTORS.txt