diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b51fd8ed..dddebd96 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=63",
+    "setuptools>=64",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.4",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f1a1763..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup()