diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7bbbcc1f9..40651b601 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,60 +2,5 @@
 requires = ["setuptools>=61.0.0", "wheel", "cython>=0.28.4"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[project]
-name = "pyproj"
-version = "3.4.0rc1"
-description = "Python interface to PROJ (cartographic projections and coordinate transformations library)"
-readme = "README.md"
-authors = [
-    {name = "Jeff Whitaker", email = "jeffrey.s.whitaker@noaa.gov"},
-]
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
-keywords = [
-    "GIS",
-    "map",
-    "geospatial",
-    "coordinate-systems",
-    "coordinate-transformation",
-    "cartographic-projection",
-    "geodesic",
-]
-classifiers = [
-    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
-    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    "Typing :: Typed",
-]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
-dependencies = [
-    "certifi",
-]
-
-[project.urls]
-homepage = "https://pyproj4.github.io/pyproj/"
-documentation = "https://pyproj4.github.io/pyproj/"
-repository = "https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj"
-changelog = "https://pyproj4.github.io/pyproj/stable/history.html"
-
-[project.scripts]
-pyproj = "pyproj.__main__:main"
-
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = [
-    "pyproj",
-    "pyproj.*",
-]
-
 [tool.black]
 target_version = ["py38"]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e19767de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+[metadata]
+name = pyproj
+version = 3.4.0rc2
+description = Python interface to PROJ (cartographic projections and coordinate transformations library)
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+author = Jeff Whitaker
+author_email = jeffrey.s.whitaker@noaa.gov
+license = MIT
+license_file = LICENSE
+platform = any
+keywords = GIS, map, geospatial, coordinate-systems, coordinate-transformation, cartographic-projection, geodesic
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+    Typing :: Typed
+url = https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj
+download_url = http://python.org/pypi/pyproj
+project_urls =
+    Documentation = https://pyproj4.github.io/pyproj/
+    Release Notes = https://pyproj4.github.io/pyproj/stable/history.html
+    Bug Tracker = https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj/issues
+    Source Code = https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj
+
+[options]
+zip_safe = False # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installed_packages.html
+packages = pyproj,pyproj.crs
+python_requires = >=3.8
+install_requires =
+    certifi
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+    pyproj = pyproj.__main__:main
+
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
+ignore =
+    C408 # Unnecessary dict/list/tuple call - rewrite as a literal
+    E203 # whitespace before ':' - doesn't work well with black
+    E225 # missing whitespace around operator - let black worry about that
+    W503 # line break occurred before a binary operator - let black worry about that