diff --git a/excalibur/__version__.py b/excalibur/__version__.py
index d4291e7..2350736 100644
--- a/excalibur/__version__.py
+++ b/excalibur/__version__.py
@@ -14,10 +14,4 @@ def generate_version(version, prerelease=None, revision=None):
     return ''.join(version_parts)
 
 
-__title__ = 'excalibur-py'
-__description__ = 'A web interface to extract tabular data from PDFs.'
-__url__ = 'https://excalibur-py.readthedocs.io/'
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
-__author__ = 'Vinayak Mehta'
-__author_email__ = 'vmehta94@gmail.com'
-__license__ = 'MIT License'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1b48058..5d05c6b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
+[metadata]
+name = excalibur-py
+version = attr: version
+author = Vinayak Mehta
+author_email = vmehta94@gmail.com
+license = MIT
+description = A web interface to extract tabular data from PDFs.
+url = https://excalibur-py.readthedocs.io/
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+classifiers =
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+
+[options]
+packages = find:
+install_requires =
+    camelot-py[cv]>=0.7.1
+    celery>=4.1.1
+    Click>=7.0
+    configparser>=3.5.0, <3.6.0
+    Flask>=1.0.2
+    SQLAlchemy>=1.2.12
+include_package_data = True
+
+[options.packages.find]
+    exclude = 
+        tests
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts = excalibur = excalibur.cli:cli
+
+[options.extras_require]
+all =
+    camelot-py[cv]>=0.7.1
+    celery>=4.1.1
+    Click>=7.0
+    configparser>=3.5.0, <3.6.0
+    Flask>=1.0.2
+    SQLAlchemy>=1.2.12
+    mysqlclient>=1.3.6
+mysql = mysqlclient>=1.3.6
+dev =
+    codecov>=2.0.15
+    pytest>=3.8.0
+    pytest-cov>=2.6.0
+    pytest-runner>=4.2
+    Sphinx>=1.8.1
+
+
 [aliases]
 test=pytest
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2ef9073..aeff945 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,75 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
-from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    about = {}
+    with open(os.path.join(here, 'excalibur', '__version__.py'), 'r') as f:
+        exec(f.read(), about)
+    __version__ = about['__version__']
 
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-about = {}
-with open(os.path.join(here, 'excalibur', '__version__.py'), 'r') as f:
-    exec(f.read(), about)
-
-with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
-    readme = f.read()
-
-requires = [
-    'camelot-py[cv]>=0.7.1',
-    'celery>=4.1.1',
-    'Click>=7.0',
-    'configparser>=3.5.0, <3.6.0',
-    'Flask>=1.0.2',
-    'SQLAlchemy>=1.2.12'
-]
-mysql = ['mysqlclient>=1.3.6']
-all_requires = requires + mysql
-dev_requires = [
-    'codecov>=2.0.15',
-    'pytest>=3.8.0',
-    'pytest-cov>=2.6.0',
-    'pytest-runner>=4.2',
-    'Sphinx>=1.8.1'
-]
-
-
-def setup_package():
-    metadata = dict(name=about['__title__'],
-                    version=about['__version__'],
-                    description=about['__description__'],
-                    long_description=readme,
-                    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-                    url=about['__url__'],
-                    author=about['__author__'],
-                    author_email=about['__author_email__'],
-                    license=about['__license__'],
-                    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests',)),
-                    include_package_data=True,
-                    install_requires=requires,
-                    extras_require={
-                        'all': all_requires,
-                        'mysql': mysql,
-                        'dev': dev_requires
-                    },
-                    entry_points={
-                        'console_scripts': [
-                            'excalibur = excalibur.cli:cli',
-                        ],
-                    },
-                    classifiers=[
-                        # Trove classifiers
-                        # Full list: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
-                        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-                        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-                        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-                        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7'
-                    ])
-
-    try:
-        from setuptools import setup
-    except ImportError:
-        from distutils.core import setup
-
-    setup(**metadata)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    setup_package()
+    setup(use_scm_version=True)