diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 697304d710f5f38eb0346c82fce8a2fc521504a1..7fcde8a9c624360d4863edb755c25d8c8e0cea87 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "clapp"
 version = "1.0.0b0"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 description = "Configuration Support for Python Packages and CLIs"
-dynamic = ["readme"]
+readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "BSD 3-Clause License"}
 authors = [
   {name = "Andre Anjos", email = "andre.anjos@idiap.ch"},
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ error-config = "tests.data.doesnt_exist"
 zip-safe = true
 package-dir = {"" = "src"}
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-readme = {file = "README.md"}
-
 [tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
 universal = true