diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 334ea73..41a8972 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling>=1.24", "hatch-vcs"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
-[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
-version-file = "rfcontrol/_version.py"
-
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "vcs"
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "rfcontrolpy"
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "0.0.8"
 license = {text = "GPLv3"}
 authors = [
     { name="Rogier van Staveren", email="rogier@batoid.com" }
diff --git a/rfcontrol/__init__.py b/rfcontrol/__init__.py
index 168b997..6a1f9b5 100644
--- a/rfcontrol/__init__.py
+++ b/rfcontrol/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring
 
-try:
-    from ._version import __version__
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    pass
+__version__ = "0.0.8"
 
-from rfcontrol import controller, helpers
+from . import controller, helpers