diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 63b4e03..351c460 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ defaults:
 
 env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: labscript-utils
-  SCM_VERSION_SCHEME: release-branch-semver
-  SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME: no-local-version
   ANACONDA_USER: labscript-suite
 
   # Configuration for a package with compiled extensions:
diff --git a/labscript_utils/__version__.py b/labscript_utils/__version__.py
index 414c4b3..f10de68 100644
--- a/labscript_utils/__version__.py
+++ b/labscript_utils/__version__.py
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-import os
 from pathlib import Path
+
 try:
     import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
 except ImportError:
     import importlib_metadata
 
-VERSION_SCHEME = {
-    "version_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_VERSION_SCHEME", "guess-next-dev"),
-    "local_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME", "node-and-date"),
-}
-
 root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 if (root / '.git').is_dir():
     from setuptools_scm import get_version
-    __version__ = get_version(root, **VERSION_SCHEME)
+    __version__ = get_version(root, version_scheme="release-branch-semver")
 else:
     try:
         __version__ = importlib_metadata.version(__package__)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6ca9c7..3a1c62a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=4.1.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "release-branch-semver"
+local_scheme = "node-and-date"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a7433e0..7c93c95 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ install_requires =
   pyqtgraph>=0.11.0rc0
   qtutils>=2.2.3
   scipy
-  setuptools_scm
+  setuptools_scm>-4.1.0
   zprocess>=2.18.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66a147b..88857b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,9 +16,4 @@ def run(self):
                 self.copy_file('labscript-suite.pth', path)
 
 
-VERSION_SCHEME = {
-    "version_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_VERSION_SCHEME", "guess-next-dev"),
-    "local_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME", "node-and-date"),
-}
-
-setup(use_scm_version=VERSION_SCHEME, cmdclass={'develop': develop_command})
+setup(cmdclass={'develop': develop_command})