diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..753b69ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[metadata]
+name = labscript_devices
+description = Device drivers for hardware controlled by the labscript suite
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+author = The labscript suite community
+author_email = labscriptsuite@googlegroups.com
+url = http://labscriptsuite.org
+project_urls = 
+    Source Code=https://github.com/labscript-suite/labscript-devices
+    Download=https://github.com/labscript-suite/labscript-devices/releases
+    Tracker=https://github.com/labscript-suite/labscript-devices/issues
+keywords = experiment control automation
+license = BSD
+classifiers =
+    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+
+[options]
+zip_safe = False
+include_package_data = True
+packages = find:
+python_requires = >=3.6
+install_requires =
+  blacs>=2.7.0
+  labscript>=2.6.0
+  labscript_utils>=2.13.2
+  numpy>=1.15.1
+  pillow
+  PyDAQmx
+  PyNIVision
+  pyserial
+  qtutils>=2.2.3
+  spinapi
+  zprocess>=2.18.0
+setup_requires =
+  setuptools_scm
+
+[dist_conda]
+pythons = 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3412a290..e5d1f0dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,89 +1,18 @@
-# USAGE NOTES
-#
-# Make a PyPI release tarball with:
-#
-#     python setup.py sdist
-#
-# Upload to test PyPI with:
-#
-#     twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
-#
-# Install from test PyPI with:
-#
-#     pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ labscript_devices
-#
-# Upload to real PyPI with:
-#
-#     twine upload dist/*
-#
-# Build conda packages for all platforms (in a conda environment with setuptools_conda
-# installed) with:
-#
-#     python setup.py dist_conda
-#
-# Upoad to your own account (for testing) on anaconda cloud (in a conda environment with
-# anaconda-client installed) with:
-#
-#     anaconda upload --skip-existing conda_packages/*/*
-#
-# (Trickier on Windows, as it won't expand the wildcards)
-#
-# Upoad to the labscript-suite organisation's channel on anaconda cloud (in a
-# conda environment with anaconda-client installed) with:
-#
-#     anaconda  upload -u labscript-suite --skip-existing conda_packages/*/*
-#
-# If you need to rebuild the same version of the package for conda due to a packaging
-# issue, you must increment CONDA_BUILD_NUMBER in order to create a unique version on
-# anaconda cloud. When subsequently releasing a new version of the package,
-# CONDA_BUILD_NUMBER should be reset to zero.
-
 import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
 try:
     from setuptools_conda import dist_conda
+    CMDCLASS = {"dist_conda": dist_conda}
 except ImportError:
-    dist_conda = None
-
-SETUP_REQUIRES = ['setuptools', 'setuptools_scm']
+    CMDCLASS = {}
 
-INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
-    "labscript_utils >= 2.13.2",
-    "blacs >= 2.7.0",
-    "labscript >= 2.6.0",
-    "qtutils >=2.2.3",
-    "zprocess >=2.18.0",
-    "numpy >=1.15.1",
-    "pyserial",
-    "pillow",
-    "PyDAQmx",
-    "PyNIVision",
-    "spinapi",
-]
+VERSION_SCHEME = {
+    "version_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_VERSION_SCHEME", "guess-next-dev"),
+    "local_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME", "node-and-date"),
+}
 
 setup(
-    name='labscript_devices',
-    use_scm_version=True,
-    description="Device drivers for the labscript suite",
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    author='The labscript suite community',
-    author_email='labscriptsuite@googlegroups.com ',
-    url='http://labscriptsuite.org',
-    license="BSD",
-    packages=["labscript_devices"],
-    zip_safe=False,
-    setup_requires=SETUP_REQUIRES,
-    include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5",
-    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES if 'CONDA_BUILD' not in os.environ else [],
-    cmdclass={'dist_conda': dist_conda} if dist_conda is not None else {},
-    command_options={
-        'dist_conda': {
-            'pythons': (__file__, ['3.6', '3.7', '3.8']),
-            'platforms': (__file__, ['linux-64', 'win-32', 'win-64', 'osx-64']),
-            'force_conversion': (__file__, True),
-        },
-    },
+    use_scm_version=VERSION_SCHEME,
+    cmdclass=CMDCLASS,
 )