diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cda60db81..0ab3879e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "pkgconfig", "Cython!=0.27"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "pkgconfig", "Cython!=0.27", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "src/borg/_version.py"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 16886a7e2..00239aa8d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ packages = find:
 package_dir =
     =src
 python_requires = >=3.9
-setup_requires =
-  setuptools_scm>=1.7
 install_requires =
   msgpack >=1.0.3, <=1.0.3
   packaging
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ console_scripts =
 [options.extras_require]
 llfuse = llfuse >= 1.3.8
 pyfuse3 = pyfuse3 >= 3.1.1
-nofuse = 
+nofuse =
 
 [tool:pytest]
 python_files = testsuite/*.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 169a4f02b..537385b70 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -234,9 +234,6 @@ def lib_ext_kwargs(pc, prefix_env_var, lib_name, lib_pkg_name, pc_version, lib_s
 
 
 setup(
-    use_scm_version={
-        'write_to': 'src/borg/_version.py',
-    },
     cmdclass=cmdclass,
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
     long_description=setup_docs.long_desc_from_readme()