diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ecf4da3272..b5ae09c949 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "plextraktsync.__version__"}
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5eefe7431e..cdcba9e011 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ packages =
     plextraktsync.trakt
     plextraktsync.util
     plextraktsync.watch
-python_requires = >=3.8
 include_package_data = True
 
 [options.packages.find]