diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9828a15..f6c1689 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,5 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
     "wheel",
-    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-# this is equivalent to use_scm_version=True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0a1b470..abe3f8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
         "Tracker": "https://github.com/BlueBrain/vascpy/issues",
         "Source": "https://github.com/BlueBrain/vascpy",
     },
+    use_scm_version={"local_scheme": "no-local-version"},
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     install_requires=[
         "numpy>=1.17",
         "scipy>=1.0.0",