diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a1f2640a849..c6b6173d341 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import datetime
 import tardis  # FIXME: this import is required by astropy.constants
 from importlib import import_module
+import toml
+from pathlib import Path
 
 try:
     from sphinx_astropy.conf.v1 import *  # noqa
@@ -39,13 +41,15 @@
     )
     sys.exit(1)
 
-# Get configuration information from setup.cfg
-from configparser import ConfigParser
+#Get configuration information from pyproject.toml
+toml_conf_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
 
-conf = ConfigParser()
-
-conf.read([os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "setup.cfg")])
-setup_cfg = dict(conf.items("metadata"))
+with open(toml_conf_path, 'r') as f_toml:
+    toml_config = toml.load(f_toml)
+toml_config_project_dict = toml_config["project"]
+toml_config_tool_dict = toml_config['tool']
+for k,v in toml_config_project_dict.items():
+    print(k,v)
 
 # -- General configuration ----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -182,16 +186,16 @@
 # -- Project information ------------------------------------------------------
 
 # This does not *have* to match the package name, but typically does
-project = setup_cfg["name"]
-author = setup_cfg["author"]
+project = toml_config_project_dict["name"]
+author = toml_config_project_dict["authors"][0]["name"]
 copyright = "2013-{0}, {1}".format(datetime.datetime.now().year, author)
 
 # The version info for the project you"re documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 
-import_module(setup_cfg["name"])
-package = sys.modules[setup_cfg["name"]]
+import_module(toml_config_project_dict["name"])
+package = sys.modules[toml_config_project_dict["name"]]
 
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "latest"  # package.__version__.split("-", 1)[0]
@@ -277,21 +281,18 @@
 
 # -- Options for the edit_on_github extension ---------------------------------
 
-if setup_cfg.get("edit_on_github").lower() == "true":
+if toml_config_tool_dict["tardis"]['edit_on_github'] == True:
 
     extensions += ["sphinx_astropy.ext.edit_on_github"]
 
-    edit_on_github_project = setup_cfg["github_project"]
+    edit_on_github_project = toml_config_project_dict["github_project"]
     edit_on_github_branch = "main"
 
     edit_on_github_source_root = ""
     edit_on_github_doc_root = "docs"
 
 # -- Resolving issue number to links in changelog -----------------------------
-github_issues_url = "https://github.com/{0}/issues/".format(
-    setup_cfg["github_project"]
-)
-
+github_issues_url = toml_config_project_dict['urls']['Issues']
 
 # -- Options for linkcheck output -------------------------------------------
 linkcheck_retry = 5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5324634e81f..e54125cde14 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,37 @@
+[project]
+name = "tardis"
+authors = [{ name = "TARDIS Collaboration", email = "wkerzendorf@gmail.com" }]
+license = { text = "BSD-3-Clause" }
+classifiers = ["License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License"]
+description = "TARDIS - Temperature And Radiative Diffusion In Supernovae"
+readme = { file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst" }
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dependencies = ["astropy"]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ["pytest-astropy"]
+docs = ["sphinx-astropy"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+cmfgen2tardis = "tardis.scripts.cmfgen2tardis:main"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://tardis-sn.github.io/"
+Documentation = "https://tardis-sn.github.io/tardis/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis"
+Issues = "https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis/issues/"
+Changelog = "https://tardis-sn.github.io/tardis/contributing/CHANGELOG.html"
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools",
             "setuptools_scm",
             "wheel"]
-build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 80
-target-version = ['py36']
+target-version = ["py36"]
 exclude = '''
 (
   /(
@@ -137,3 +162,30 @@ known-first-party = ["tardis", "carsus", "stardis"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["tardis"]
+license-files = ["LICENSE.rst", "licenses/*.rst"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+tardis = ["data/*"]
+tardis_grid = ["tests/data/*", "./"]
+tardis_io = [
+    "configuration/schemas/*",
+    "configuration/tests/data/*", 
+    "model/readers/tests/data/*"
+]
+tardis_model_tests = ["data/*"]
+tardis_montecarlo_tests = ["data/*"]
+tardis_plasma_tests = ["data/*"]
+tardis_scripts = ["debug/*"]
+tardis_tests_integration_tests = ["**/*"]
+tardis_visualization = ["tools/tests/data/*"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tardis"]
+astropy_header = true
+text_file_format = "rst"
+
+[tool.tardis]
+edit_on_github = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index b22542f996b..00000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = tardis
-author = TARDIS Collaboration
-author_email = wkerzendorf@gmail.com
-license = BSD 3-Clause
-license_file = licenses/LICENSE.rst
-url = https://tardis-sn.github.io/tardis
-description = TARDIS - Temperature And Radiative Diffusion In Supernovae
-long_description = file: README.rst
-long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
-edit_on_github = False
-github_project = tardis-sn/tardis
-
-[options]
-zip_safe = False
-packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.7
-setup_requires = setuptools_scm
-install_requires =
-    astropy
-
-[options.extras_require]
-test =
-    pytest-astropy
-docs =
-    sphinx-astropy
-
-[options.package_data]
-tardis = 
-    data/*
-tardis.grid = 
-    tests/data/*
-    ./*
-tardis.io = 
-    configuration/schemas/*
-    configuration/tests/data/*
-    model/readers/tests/data/*
-tardis.model.tests = data/*
-tardis.montecarlo.tests = data/*
-tardis.plasma.tests = data/*
-tardis.scripts = debug/*
-tardis.tests.integration_tests = **/* 
-tardis.visualization = 
-    tools/tests/data/*
-
-[tool:pytest]
-testpaths = "tardis" # "docs"
-astropy_header = true
-# doctest_plus = disabled
-text_file_format = rst
-# addopts = --doctest
-
-# The following coverage configuration works only with `tox`. We keep our 
-# coverage configuration in `.coveragerc`.
-[coverage:run]
-omit =
-    tardis/_astropy_init*
-    tardis/conftest.py
-    tardis/*setup_package*
-    tardis/tests/*
-    tardis/*/tests/*
-    tardis/extern/*
-    tardis/version*
-    */tardis/_astropy_init*
-    */tardis/conftest.py
-    */tardis/*setup_package*
-    */tardis/tests/*
-    */tardis/*/tests/*
-    */tardis/extern/*
-    */tardis/version*
-
-[coverage:report]
-exclude_lines =
-    # Have to re-enable the standard pragma
-    pragma: no cover
-    # Don't complain about packages we have installed
-    except ImportError
-    # Don't complain if tests don't hit assertions
-    raise AssertionError
-    raise NotImplementedError
-    # Don't complain about script hooks
-    def main\(.*\):
-    # Ignore branches that don't pertain to this version of Python
-    pragma: py{ignore_python_version}
-    # Don't complain about IPython completion helper
-    def _ipython_key_completions_
-
-[options.entry_points]
-console_scripts =
-    cmfgen2tardis = tardis.scripts.cmfgen2tardis:main
-    tardis_test_runner = tardis.tests.integration_tests.runner:run_tests