diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index aa33b29..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-include *.txt *.md
-recursive-include django_select2/static *.*
-recursive-exclude django_select2/static .DS_Store
-exclude requirements_dev.txt
-prune tests
-
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal=1
diff --git a/django_select2/__init__.py b/django_select2/__init__.py
index 148b548..62f1c49 100644
--- a/django_select2/__init__.py
+++ b/django_select2/__init__.py
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ The application includes Select2 driven Django Widgets and Form Fields.
 .. _Select2: http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/
 
 """
-
-__version__ = "5.11.1"
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bd10a26..5d34be6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -73,23 +73,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'Django-Select2'
-copyright = u'%s, Nirupam Biswas' % year
-
-
-def get_version():
-    import django_select2
-
-    return django_select2.__version__
-
-# 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.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = get_version()
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = version
+project = u'django-select2'
+copyright = u'%s, Johannes Hoppe' % year
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d404ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+django-appconf>=0.6.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 742ede8..c1e612b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+[metadata]
+name = django-select2
+author = Johannes Hoppe
+author-email = info@johanneshoppe.com
+summary = Select2 option fields for Django.
+description-file = README.md
+home-page = https://github.com/applegrew/django-select2
+license = Apache-2
+classifier =
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+    Environment :: Web Environment
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Framework :: Django
+    Framework :: Django :: 1.8
+    Framework :: Django :: 1.10
+    Framework :: Django :: 1.11
+
+[files]
+packages =
+    django_select2
+
 [tool:pytest]
 norecursedirs = env docs
 addopts = --tb=short -rxs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c5f49cf..aa2d8a0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,50 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import codecs
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-
-def read(file_name):
-    file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), file_name)
-    return codecs.open(file_path, encoding='utf-8').read()
-
-
-PACKAGE = "django_select2"
-NAME = "Django-Select2"
-DESCRIPTION = "Select2 option fields for Django"
-AUTHOR = "Nirupam Biswas, Johannes Hoppe"
-AUTHOR_EMAIL = "admin@applegrew.com"
-URL = "https://github.com/applegrew/django-select2"
-VERSION = __import__(PACKAGE).__version__
 
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
-    name=NAME,
-    version=VERSION,
-    description=DESCRIPTION,
-    long_description=read("README.md"),
-    author=AUTHOR,
-    author_email=AUTHOR_EMAIL,
-    license="LICENSE.txt",
-    url=URL,
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Web Environment",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Framework :: Django",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 1.8",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 1.10",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 1.11",
-    ],
-    install_requires=[
-        'django-appconf>=0.6.0',
-    ],
-    zip_safe=False,
+    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    pbr=True,
 )