diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-sdist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-sdist.yml
index 0feb880..96f318c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-sdist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-sdist.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Build a source tarball
-        run:
-            python setup.py sdist
-
+        run: |
+          pip install setuptools>=42 wheel setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
       - name: Publish distribution package to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
         with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c71193..4cac045 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ doc/build
 doc/source/generated
 reports
 .vscode
+
+luigi_tools/version.py
diff --git a/luigi_tools/__init__.py b/luigi_tools/__init__.py
index 7ed3db7..5b90c96 100644
--- a/luigi_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/luigi_tools/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.
 """
-from luigi_tools.version import __version__
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+
+__version__ = get_distribution("luigi-tools").version
diff --git a/luigi_tools/version.py b/luigi_tools/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c3232a..0000000
--- a/luigi_tools/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-"""The package version.
-
-This file was generated automatically, do not change it.
-"""
-__version__ = "0.0.11.dev1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff4544c..7cda8a2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # pyproject.toml
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3e8cba..734c62e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
 setup(
     name="luigi-tools",
     author="Blue Brain Project, EPFL",
-    use_scm_version={
-        "write_to": "luigi_tools/version.py",
-        "write_to_template": version_template,
-        "local_scheme": "no-local-version",
-    },
     description="Tools to work with luigi",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a445acd..abf321a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ envlist =
     py{36,37,38}
     py36-lint
     py38-docs
+    py38-check-packaging
 
 minversion = 3.1.0
 
@@ -29,11 +30,12 @@ commands = pytest \
     --self-contained-html \
     {posargs}
 
-[testenv:check-packaging]
+[testenv:py38-check-packaging]
 skip_install = true
 deps =
     wheel
     twine
+    setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4
 commands =
     python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel -d {envtmpdir}/dist
     twine check {envtmpdir}/dist/*
@@ -86,4 +88,4 @@ convention = google
 python =
   3.6: py36, py36-lint
   3.7: py37
-  3.8: py38, py38-docs
+  3.8: py38, py38-docs, py38-check-packaging