diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94af52dd..0aff147f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=45",
-    "setuptools_scm>=7",
+    "setuptools_scm>=8",
     "wheel",
     "scikit-build>=0.15",
     "cmake>=3.14",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 230460fe..e832d146 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,6 +62,5 @@ def run(self):
     packages=['slycot', 'slycot.tests'],
     cmdclass={'sdist': sdist_checked},
     cmake_languages=('C', 'Fortran'),
-    use_scm_version = True,
     include_package_data = False,
 )