diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe7db0b0f..7bb7eca27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,83 @@
-# setuptools < 61 does no support toml configuration
-# put as much as possible into setup.cfg. We use 
-# packaging.Version in setup.py and package isn't
-# picked up from setup.cfg for some reason.
 [build-system]
 requires = ["packaging>=21",
-            "setuptools>=42",
-	    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
+            "setuptools>=60",
+            "setuptools_scm>=8.0",
             "pybind11>=2.10.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "src/kbmod/_version.py"
+
+[project]
+name = "kbmod"
+authors = [{name="KBMOD Developers"}, ]
+description = "Moving object detection library implemented on GPUs"
+license = {file="LICENSE"}
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+keywords = ["astronomy", "astrophysics", "image_processing", "gpu"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: C++",
+    "Environment :: GPU",
+    "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA",
+    "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Processing"
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+dependencies = [
+    "astropy>=5.1",
+    "astroquery>=0.4.6",
+    "matplotlib>=3.5",
+    "numpy>=1.18",
+    "pandas>=1.5.1",
+    "scipy>=1.9.2",
+    "scikit_learn>=1.0.0",
+    "koffi>=0.1.1",
+    "jplephem",
+    "PyYAML>=6.0"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://epyc.astro.washington.edu/~kbmod/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/dirac-institute/kbmod"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/dirac-institute/kbmod/issues"
+Changelog = "https://epyc.astro.washington.edu/~kbmod/project_details/release_notes.html"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+analysis = [
+    "tensorflow>=2.9",
+    "matplotlib>=3.6.1",
+    "ipywidgets>=8.0",
+    "ephem>=4.1"
+]
+docs = [
+    "sphinx",
+    # https://github.com/spatialaudio/nbsphinx/issues/655
+    "sphinx-gallery<0.11",
+    "sphinx-codeautolink",
+    "sphinx-design",
+    "numpydoc",
+    "pydata_sphinx_theme",
+    "nbsphinx",
+    # See https://pandoc.org/installing.html
+    # Also this works:
+    #   conda install pandoc
+    # Neither of the following pypi packages actually installs the pandoc binary
+    #   pandoc
+    #   pypandoc-binary
+    "ipython"
+]
+tests = [
+    "black[jupyter]"
+]
+
 # formatting configuration as specified at developer.lsst.io
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 110
@@ -19,6 +88,3 @@ extend-exclude = "data/|docs/|include/|lib/|setup.py"
 profile = "black"
 line_length = 110
 
-
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "src/kbmod/_version.py"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index a9ca0efc2..000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = kbmod
-author = KBMOD Developers
-description = Moving object detection library implemented on GPUs.
-long_description = file: README.md
-license = BSD 2_Clause Simplified License
-license_files = LICENSE
-requires_python = >=3.6
-keywords = astronomy, astrophysics, image_processing, gpu
-classifiers =
-    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
-    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-    Programming Language :: C++
-    Environment :: GPU
-    Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA
-    Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11.7
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Processing
-
-[[metadata.urls]]
-Source = https://github.com/dirac_institute/kbmod
-# Documentation = ?
-
-[options]
-# set packages to find: to automatically find all sub_packages, but it's not working?
-# https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/pyproject_config.html#setuptools_specific_configuration
-#packages = find:
-package_dir =
-    =src
-packages =
-    kbmod
-    kbmod.search
-    kbmod.analysis
-    kbmod.filters
-    kbmod.standardizers
-    kbmod.standardizers.fits_standardizers
-zip_safe = "False"
-install_requires =
-    astropy>=5.1
-    astroquery>=0.4.6
-    matplotlib>=3.5
-    numpy>=1.18
-    pandas>=1.5.1
-    scipy>=1.9.2
-    scikit_learn>=1.0.0
-    koffi>=0.1.1
-    jplephem
-    PyYAML>=6.0
-    chardet
-    astro_metadata_translator>=25.2023.2200
-
-[options.extras_require]
-analysis =
-    tensorflow>=2.9
-    matplotlib>=3.6.1
-    ipywidgets>=8.0
-    ephem>=4.1
-docs =
-    sphinx
-    # https://github.com/spatialaudio/nbsphinx/issues/655
-    sphinx-gallery<0.11
-    sphinx-codeautolink
-    sphinx-design
-    numpydoc
-    pydata_sphinx_theme
-    nbsphinx
-    # See https://pandoc.org/installing.html
-    # Also this works:
-    #   conda install pandoc
-    # Neither of the following pypi packages actually installs the pandoc binary
-    #   pandoc
-    #   pypandoc-binary
-    ipython
-tests =
-    black[jupyter]