diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40d963607..8a94c2555 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling>=1.18.0"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ name = "Axelrod"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Reproduce the Axelrod iterated prisoners dilemma tournament"
 readme = "README.rst"
-license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
 requires-python = ">=3.6"
 authors = [
     { name = "Vince Knight", email = "axelrod-python@googlegroups.com" },
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a9acf13d..000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ed16d6a98..000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import pathlib
-from collections import defaultdict
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-# Read in the requirements files.
-requirements = defaultdict(list)
-
-requirements_directory = pathlib.Path.cwd() / "requirements"
-for filename in requirements_directory.glob("*.txt"):
-    variant = filename.stem
-    with filename.open() as libraries:
-        for library in libraries:
-            if len(library) > 0 and (not library.startswith("-r")):
-                requirements[variant].append(library.strip())
-
-# Grab the default requirements
-install_requires = requirements["requirements"]
-# Delete the default from the dictionary for the extra variants.
-del requirements["requirements"]
-extras_require = dict(requirements)
-
-# Read in long description
-with open("README.rst", "r") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-# Read in the version number
-exec(open("axelrod/version.py", "r").read())
-
-setup(
-    name="Axelrod",
-    version=__version__,
-    install_requires=install_requires,
-    author="Vince Knight, Owen Campbell, Karol Langner, Marc Harper",
-    author_email=("axelrod-python@googlegroups.com"),
-    packages=["axelrod", "axelrod.strategies", "axelrod.data"],
-    url="http://axelrod.readthedocs.org/",
-    license="The MIT License (MIT)",
-    description="Reproduce the Axelrod iterated prisoners dilemma tournament",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    include_package_data=True,
-    package_data={"": ["axelrod/data/*"]},
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
-    extras_require=extras_require,
-)