diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f96b68..b825c59 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "A yt frontend for libyt"
 readme = "README.md"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 dependencies = ["yt"]
 keywords = ["yt_libyt"]
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3"
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "yt_libyt._version.__version__"}
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 881912c..31fa771 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-license = BSD
-license_files = LICENSE
 
 [options]
 include_package_data = True