diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 1931756a..0e481d1c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 include LICENSE
-include helpers/envkernel.sh
-include helpers/envkernel.fish
 recursive-include pmb/data *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f99e226..5e60f34f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pmbootstrap"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+authors = [
+  {name = "postmarketOS Developers", email="info@postmarketos.org"}
+]
+description = "A sophisticated chroot / build / flash tool to develop and install postmarketOS'"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "GPL-3.0-or-later"}
+
+[project.scripts]
+pmbootstrap = "pmb:main"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ["pytest"]
+completion = ["argcomplete"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://www.postmarketos.org"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr =  "pmb.__version__"}
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["aports", "keys", "test", "test.pmb_test"]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 # E402: module import not on top of file, not possible for testcases
 # E722: do not use bare except
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 3ef5d593..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import re
-import ast
-import sys
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
-
-from codecs import open
-from os import path
-
-
-class PyTest(TestCommand):
-    user_options = [('pytest-args=', 'a', 'Arguments to pass to pytest')]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        TestCommand.initialize_options(self)
-        self.pytest_args = ''
-
-    def run_tests(self):
-        import shlex
-        import pytest
-        errno = pytest.main(shlex.split(self.pytest_args))
-        sys.exit(errno)
-
-
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-_version_re = re.compile(r'__version__\s+=\s+(.*)')
-
-with open(path.join(here, 'pmb/__init__.py'), 'rb') as f:
-    version = str(ast.literal_eval(_version_re.search(
-        f.read().decode('utf-8')).group(1)))
-
-with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name='pmbootstrap',
-    version=version,
-    description='A sophisticated chroot / build / flash tool to '
-                'develop and install postmarketOS',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    author='postmarketOS Developers',
-    author_email='info@postmarketos.org',
-    url='https://www.postmarketos.org',
-    license='GPLv3',
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-    ],
-    keywords='postmarketos pmbootstrap',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['aports', 'keys', 'test']),
-    tests_require=['pytest'],
-    cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
-    extras_require={
-        'completion': ['argcomplete'],
-    },
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'pmbootstrap=pmb:main',
-        ],
-    },
-    include_package_data=True,
-    data_files=[('share/pmbootstrap/helpers/', ['helpers/envkernel.sh', 'helpers/envkernel.fish'])],
-)