diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 71824594..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-include AUTHORS.rst
-include CONTRIBUTING.rst
-include HISTORY.md
-include LICENSE
-include README.md
-include RELEASE.md
-
-recursive-include tests *
-recursive-exclude * __pycache__
-recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
-
-recursive-include docs *.md *.rst conf.py Makefile make.bat *.jpg *.png *.gif
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2be86a2..c82d4656 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -141,6 +141,30 @@ license-files = ['LICENSE']
 include = ['copulas', 'copulas.*']
 namespaces = false
 
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+'*' = [
+    'AUTHORS.rst',
+    'CONTRIBUTING.rst',
+    'HISTORY.md',
+    'README.md',
+    'RELEASE.md',
+    '*.md',
+    '*.rst',
+    'conf.py',
+    'Makefile',
+    'make.bat',
+    '*.jpg',
+    '*.png',
+    '*.gif'
+]
+'tests' = ['*']
+
+[tool.setuptools.exclude-package-data]
+'*' = [
+    '* __pycache__',
+    '*.py[co]',
+]
+
 [tool.bumpversion]
 current_version = "0.10.1.dev0"
 commit = true