diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "libsvmdata"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Fetcher for datasets"
+authors = [{ name = "Mathurin Massias", email = "mathurin.massias@gmail.com" }]
+maintainers = [
+    { name = "Mathurin Massias", email = "mathurin.massias@gmail.com" },
+]
+readme = "README.rst"
+license = { text = "BSD (3-clause)" }
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
+dependencies = ["download", "numpy>=1.12", "scikit-learn", "scipy"]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Download" = "https://github.com/mathurinm/libsvmdata.git"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["libsvmdata"]
+dynamic = {version = {attr = "libsvmdata.__version__"}}
+
+[tool.flake8]
+exclude = "__init__.py"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- a/requirements.txt
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-download
-numpy
-scikit-learn
-scipy
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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-[flake8]
-exclude = __init__.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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-import os
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-from setuptools import dist, setup, Extension, find_packages
-
-descr = 'Fetcher for datasets'
-
-version = None
-with open(os.path.join('libsvmdata', '__init__.py'), 'r') as fid:
-    for line in (line.strip() for line in fid):
-        if line.startswith('__version__'):
-            version = line.split('=')[1].strip().strip('\'')
-            break
-if version is None:
-    raise RuntimeError('Could not determine version')
-
-DISTNAME = 'libsvmdata'
-DESCRIPTION = descr
-MAINTAINER = 'Mathurin Massias'
-MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'mathurin.massias@gmail.com'
-LICENSE = 'BSD (3-clause)'
-DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://github.com/mathurinm/libsvmdata.git'
-VERSION = version
-
-setup(name='libsvmdata',
-      version=VERSION,
-      description=DESCRIPTION,
-      long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
-      license=LICENSE,
-      maintainer=MAINTAINER,
-      maintainer_email=MAINTAINER_EMAIL,
-      download_url=DOWNLOAD_URL,
-      install_requires=['download', 'numpy>=1.12', 'scikit-learn', 'scipy'],
-      packages=find_packages(),
-      )