diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fd8d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bd36f8f..89c1157 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 setup(
     name=NAME,
     use_scm_version=True,
-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     description=DESCRIPTION,
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',