diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2c12e7..42f53d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ htmlcov/
 test_proj/media
 .python-version
 /test-media/
+.envrc
+.direnv/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 499f48d..66bcc54 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
-[tool.poetry]
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=65.6.3", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
 name = "django-avatar"
-version = "7.0.1"
 description = "A Django app for handling user avatars"
-authors = ["Eric Florenzano <floguy@gmail.com>"]
-maintainers = ["Johannes Wilm <johannes@fiduswriter.org>"]
-license = "BSD-4-Clause"
+authors = [{email = "floguy@gmail.com", name = "Eric Florenzano"}]
+maintainers = [{email = "johannes@fiduswriter.org", name = "Johannes Wilm"}]
+license = {text = "BSD-4-Clause"}
 readme = "README.rst"
-packages = [
-    { include = "avatar" },
-]
-exclude = [
-    { path = "tests"},
-]
-homepage = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-avatar"
-repository = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-avatar"
-documentation = "https://django-avatar.readthedocs.io"
 keywords=["avatar", "django"]
 classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
@@ -34,17 +28,13 @@ classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     ]
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
 
-[tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.7"
-Pillow = "^9.4.0"
-django-appconf = "^1.0.5"
-dnspython = "^2.3.0"
-
-[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-coverage = "^7.1.0"
-python-magic = "^0.4.27"
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-avatar"
+repository = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-avatar"
+documentation = "https://django-avatar.readthedocs.io"
 
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "avatar.__version__"}
+dependencies = {file = "requirements.txt"}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d63cfff..e1c329e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,35 +20,6 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
 
 
 setup(
-    name="django-avatar",
-    version=find_version("avatar", "__init__.py"),
-    description="A Django app for handling user avatars",
-    long_description=read("README.rst"),
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Web Environment",
-        "Framework :: Django",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Framework :: Django",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 3.2",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 4.0",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 4.1",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    ],
-    keywords="avatar, django",
-    author="Eric Florenzano",
-    author_email="floguy@gmail.com",
-    maintainer="Johannes Wilm",
-    maintainer_email="johannes@fiduswriter.org",
-    url="https://github.com/jazzband/django-avatar/",
-    license="BSD",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     package_data={
         "avatar": [
@@ -58,10 +29,5 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
             "media/avatar/img/default.jpg",
         ],
     },
-    install_requires=[
-        "Pillow>=8.4.0",
-        "django-appconf>=1.0.5",
-        "dnspython>=2.3.0",
-    ],
     zip_safe=False,
 )