diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9987e4338..5cac5d3ed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,92 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "dosage"
+description = "a comic strip downloader and archiver"
+readme = "README.md"
+maintainers = [{name = "Tobias Gruetzmacher", email = "tobias-dosage@23.gs"}]
+license = {text = "MIT License"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
+]
+keywords = ["comic", "webcomic", "downloader", "archiver", "crawler"]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dependencies = [
+    "colorama",
+    "imagesize",
+    "lxml>=4.0.0",
+    "platformdirs",
+    "requests>=2.0",
+    "cached_property;python_version<'3.8'",
+    "importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://dosage.rocks"
+Code = "https://github.com/webcomics/dosage"
+"Issue tracker" = "https://github.com/webcomics/dosage/issues"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+bash = ["argcomplete"]
+css = ["cssselect"]
+dev = [
+    "allure-pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-xdist",
+    "responses",
+    "setup-cfg-fmt",
+]
+lint = [
+    "flake8<6",
+    "flake8-2020",
+    "flake8-breakpoint",
+    "flake8-bugbear",
+    "flake8-coding",
+    "flake8-commas",
+    "flake8-comprehensions",
+    "flake8-eradicate",
+    "flake8-fixme",
+    "flake8-functions",
+    "flake8-future-import",
+    "flake8-logging-format",
+    "flake8-noqa",
+    "Flake8-pyproject",
+    "flake8-pytest",
+    "flake8-pytest-style",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+dosage = "dosagelib.cmd:main"
+
+[project.entry-points.pyinstaller40]
+hook-dirs = "dosagelib.__pyinstaller:get_hook_dirs"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+platforms = ["Any"]
+license-files = ["COPYING"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages]
+find = {namespaces = false}
+
+[tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
+universal = true
+
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 
 [tool.flake8]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d82af84f..000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = dosage
-description = a comic strip downloader and archiver
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-url = https://dosage.rocks
-maintainer = Tobias Gruetzmacher
-maintainer_email = tobias-dosage@23.gs
-license = MIT License
-license_file = COPYING
-platforms = Any
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
-    Environment :: Console
-    Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
-    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-    Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
-    Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
-keywords = comic,webcomic,downloader,archiver,crawler
-project_urls =
-    Code = https://github.com/webcomics/dosage
-    Issue tracker = https://github.com/webcomics/dosage/issues
-
-[options]
-packages = find:
-install_requires =
-    colorama
-    imagesize
-    lxml>=4.0.0
-    platformdirs
-    requests>=2.0
-    cached_property;python_version<'3.8'
-    importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'
-include_package_data = true
-python_requires = >=3.7
-
-[options.entry_points]
-console_scripts =
-    dosage = dosagelib.cmd:main
-pyinstaller40 =
-    hook-dirs = dosagelib.__pyinstaller:get_hook_dirs
-
-[options.extras_require]
-bash =
-    argcomplete
-css =
-    cssselect
-dev =
-    allure-pytest
-    pytest-cov
-    pytest-xdist
-    responses
-    setup-cfg-fmt
-lint =
-    flake8<6
-    flake8-2020
-    flake8-breakpoint
-    flake8-bugbear
-    flake8-coding
-    flake8-commas
-    flake8-comprehensions
-    flake8-eradicate
-    flake8-fixme
-    flake8-functions
-    flake8-future-import
-    flake8-logging-format
-    flake8-noqa
-    Flake8-pyproject
-    flake8-pytest
-    flake8-pytest-style
-
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1