diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 3ec1bd411..9ff0c63e6 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,41 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2", "cffi>=1.0.0", "pkgconfig"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "cffi>=1.0.0", "pkgconfig"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "deltachat"
+description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
+readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+authors = [
+    { name = "holger krekel, Floris Bruynooghe, Bjoern Petersen and contributors" },
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Communications :: Email",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "cffi>=1.0.0",
+    "imap-tools",
+    "pluggy",
+    "requests",
+]
+dynamic = [
+    "version"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Home" = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues"
+"Documentation" = "https://py.delta.chat/"
+
+[project.entry-points.pytest11]
+"deltachat.testplugin" = "deltachat.testplugin"
+
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 root = ".."
 tag_regex = '^(?P<prefix>py-)?(?P<version>[^\+]+)(?P<suffix>.*)?$'
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 9363812c0..3f1dc6937 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -1,40 +1,4 @@
-import os
-import re
-
-import setuptools
-
-
-def main():
-    with open("README.rst") as f:
-        long_description = f.read()
-    setuptools.setup(
-        name="deltachat",
-        description="Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat",
-        long_description=long_description,
-        author="holger krekel, Floris Bruynooghe, Bjoern Petersen and contributors",
-        install_requires=["cffi>=1.0.0", "pluggy", "imap-tools", "requests"],
-        setup_requires=[
-            "setuptools_scm",  # required for compatibility with `python3 setup.py sdist`
-            "pkgconfig",
-        ],
-        packages=setuptools.find_packages("src"),
-        package_dir={"": "src"},
-        cffi_modules=["src/deltachat/_build.py:ffibuilder"],
-        entry_points={
-            "pytest11": [
-                "deltachat.testplugin = deltachat.testplugin",
-            ],
-        },
-        classifiers=[
-            "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-            "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-            "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
-            "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-            "Topic :: Communications :: Email",
-            "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
-        ],
-    )
-
+from setuptools import setup
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    setup(cffi_modules=["src/deltachat/_build.py:ffibuilder"])
diff --git a/python/tests/package_wheels.py b/python/tests/package_wheels.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 421843944..000000000
--- a/python/tests/package_wheels.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import subprocess
-import sys
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    assert len(sys.argv) == 2
-    wheelhousedir = sys.argv[1]
-    # pip wheel will build in an isolated tmp dir that does not have git
-    # history so setuptools_scm can not automatically determine a
-    # version there. So pass in the version through an env var.
-    version = subprocess.check_output(["python", "setup.py", "--version"]).strip().split(b"\n")[-1]
-    os.environ["SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION"] = version.decode("ascii")
-    subprocess.check_call(("pip wheel . -w %s" % wheelhousedir).split())
diff --git a/python/tox.ini b/python/tox.ini
index 866585208..e3bbaa43b 100644
--- a/python/tox.ini
+++ b/python/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ envlist =
 [testenv]
 commands = 
     pytest -n6 --extra-info --reruns 2 --reruns-delay 5 -v -rsXx --ignored --strict-tls {posargs: tests examples}
-    python tests/package_wheels.py {toxworkdir}/wheelhouse
+    pip wheel . -w {toxworkdir}/wheelhouse
 passenv = 
     DCC_RS_DEV
     DCC_RS_TARGET