diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d50399..d764af7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ requires = [
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "src/lsdb/_version.py"
-
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 110
 target-version = ["py38"]