diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f097b36..48b503c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 .dist
-.git
 .idea
 .pytest_cache
 .tox
 htmlcov
 venv
-setup.py
+db.sqlite3
 **/__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c522739..48f1113 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ build.properties.json
 REVISION
 db.sqlite*
 katka-api-*.tgz
-setup.py
 venv
 src/main/params.py
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ad49ca4..e7a9bb7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ WORKDIR $PROJECT_ROOT
 
 COPY Makefile .
 COPY requirements.txt .
-COPY requirements requirements
+COPY setup.py .
+COPY README.md .
+# purely so we can get the version from git
+COPY .git .git
 RUN make install_requirement_txt
 
 CMD ["make", "test"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98d137f..655b3d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 IMAGE=katka-core
 DOCKER_REPOSITORY=kpnnv
 
-REQUIREMENTS_BASE:=requirements/requirements-base.txt
-REQUIREMENTS_TEST:=requirements/requirements-testing.txt
 REQUIREMENTS_TXT:=requirements.txt
 
 PYTHON_VERSION=python3.8
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ tox:
 test: docker/test_local
 
 .PHONY: test_local
-test_local: install_requirement_txt check_forgotten_migrations install_requirement_unittests lint tox
+test_local: install_requirement_txt check_forgotten_migrations lint tox
 	@echo 'tests done'
 
 # ********** Code style **********
@@ -137,12 +135,7 @@ format/black:
 
 
 # ********** Packaging and distributing **********
-setup.py:
-	$(PYTHON) setup_gen.py
-	@echo 'setup.py created'
-
-publish: setup.py
-	$(PIP) install -U pip
+publish:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 	$(TWINE) check dist/*
 	$(TWINE) upload dist/*
@@ -153,10 +146,6 @@ publish: setup.py
 install_requirement_txt:
 	@$(PIP) install -r $(REQUIREMENTS_TXT)
 
-.PHONY: install_requirement_unittests
-install_requirement_unittests:
-	$(PIP) install -r $(REQUIREMENTS_TEST)
-
 
 # ********** Virtual environment **********
 .PHONY: venv
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af9197f..1a7ec3a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
 target_version = ['py37']
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ['setuptools>=42', 'wheel', 'setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 40de5cb..bc8474c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
-# Additional packages
--r requirements/requirements-base.txt
--r requirements/requirements-testing.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+# Package in develop mode
+-e .
+
+# Code style
+isort
+flake8
+black
+
+# Tests
+tox
+codecov
+freezegun
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+pytest-django
+pluggy
+
+# Packaging
+setuptools
+setuptools_scm
+twine
+wheel
+
+readme_renderer[md]
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-base.txt b/requirements/requirements-base.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 46f07a9..0000000
--- a/requirements/requirements-base.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Django>=2.2.9,<3.0
-djangorestframework>=3.9.0,<4.0.0
-django-encrypted-model-fields>=0.5.8,<1.0.0
-drf-nested-routers
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements/requirements-testing.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a63905..0000000
--- a/requirements/requirements-testing.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Code style
-isort
-flake8
-black
-
-# Tests
-tox
-codecov
-freezegun
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-pytest-django
-pluggy
-
-# Packaging
-pkgversion
-setuptools
-twine
-wheel
-
-readme_renderer[md]
diff --git a/setup_gen.py b/setup.py
similarity index 67%
rename from setup_gen.py
rename to setup.py
index e7532ea..d2319c7 100644
--- a/setup_gen.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import os
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-from pkgversion import list_requirements, pep440_version, write_setup_py
-from setuptools import find_packages
-
-write_setup_py(
+setup(
     name='katka-core',
-    version=os.getenv('tag') or pep440_version(),
+    use_scm_version=True,
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     description='Katka Django core application',
     long_description=open('README.md', encoding='utf-8').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author='D-Nitro',
     author_email='d-nitro@kpn.com',
     url='https://github.com/kpn/katka-core',
-    install_requires=list_requirements('requirements/requirements-base.txt'),
+    install_requires=[
+        'Django>=2.2.9,<3.0',
+        'djangorestframework>=3.9.0,<4.0.0',
+        'django-encrypted-model-fields>=0.5.8,<1.0.0',
+        'drf-nested-routers',
+    ],
     packages=find_packages(),
     tests_require=['tox'],
     include_package_data=True,
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
     ]
 )