diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f23a869..d10b78f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,52 @@ requires = [
     "packaging",
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["TTS*"]
+
+[project]
+name = "coqui-tts"
+description = "Deep learning for Text to Speech."
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.9, <3.13"
+license = {text = "MPL-2.0"}
+authors = [
+    {name = "Eren Gölge", email = "egolge@coqui.ai"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Enno Hermann", email = "enno.hermann@gmail.com"}
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
+    "Topic :: Software Development",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Speech",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS"
+Documentation = "https://coqui-tts.readthedocs.io"
+Repository = "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS"
+Issues = "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS/issues"
+Discussions = "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS/discussions"
+
+[project.scripts]
+tts = "TTS.bin.synthesize:main"
+tts-server = "TTS.server.server:main"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py39"
 line-length = 120
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02722c18..7180f48b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ import numpy
 import setuptools.command.build_py
 import setuptools.command.develop
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
-from setuptools import Extension, find_packages, setup
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 9) or sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
-    raise RuntimeError("Trainer requires python >= 3.6 and <3.13 " "but your Python version is {}".format(sys.version))
+from setuptools import Extension, setup
 
 cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 with open(os.path.join(cwd, "TTS", "VERSION")) as fin:
@@ -66,9 +63,6 @@ with open(os.path.join(cwd, "requirements.ja.txt"), "r") as f:
 requirements_server = ["flask>=2.0.1"]
 requirements_all = requirements_dev + requirements_notebooks + requirements_ja + requirements_server
 
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
-    README = readme_file.read()
-
 exts = [
     Extension(
         name="TTS.tts.utils.monotonic_align.core",
@@ -76,35 +70,12 @@ exts = [
     )
 ]
 setup(
-    name="coqui-tts",
     version=version,
-    url="https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS",
-    author="Eren Gölge",
-    author_email="egolge@coqui.ai",
-    maintainer="Enno Hermann",
-    maintainer_email="enno.hermann@gmail.com",
-    description="Deep learning for Text to Speech.",
-    long_description=README,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    license="MPL-2.0",
     # cython
     include_dirs=numpy.get_include(),
     ext_modules=cythonize(exts, language_level=3),
     # ext_modules=find_cython_extensions(),
     # package
-    include_package_data=True,
-    packages=find_packages(include=["TTS"], exclude=["*.tests", "*tests.*", "tests.*", "*tests", "tests"]),
-    package_data={
-        "TTS": [
-            "VERSION",
-        ]
-    },
-    project_urls={
-        "Documentation": "https://coqui-tts.readthedocs.io",
-        "Tracker": "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS/issues",
-        "Repository": "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS",
-        "Discussions": "https://github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS/discussions",
-    },
     cmdclass={
         "build_py": build_py,
         "develop": develop,
@@ -118,26 +89,5 @@ setup(
         "server": requirements_server,
         "ja": requirements_ja,
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.9.0, <3.13",
-    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["tts=TTS.bin.synthesize:main", "tts-server = TTS.server.server:main"]},
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
-        "Topic :: Software Development",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-        "Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Speech",
-        "Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio",
-        "Topic :: Multimedia",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
-    ],
     zip_safe=False,
 )