diff --git a/naturf/__init__.py b/naturf/__init__.py
index 6c8e6b979c..2c02b6446d 100644
--- a/naturf/__init__.py
+++ b/naturf/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.0"
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 73a9a495e7..97e5b487ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-  "numpy>=1.22.4",
-  "pandas>=1.4.2",
+  "fiona>=1.8.19",
   "geocube>=0.3.1",
-  "rasterio>=1.2.10",
-  "xarray>=2022.3.0",
+  "geopandas>=0.10.2",
   "joblib>=1.0.1",
-  "fiona>=1.8.19",
+  "numpy>=1.22.4",
+  "pandas>=1.4.2",
   "pyproj>=3.0.1",
+  "rasterio>=1.2.10",
   "rtree>=1.0.0",
+  "sf-hamilton[visualization]>=1.45",
   "shapely>=1.8.2, <2",
   "tqdm>=4.66.1",
-  "geopandas>=0.10.2",
-  "sf-hamilton[visualization]>=1.10",
+  "xarray>=2022.3.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d92121302..0000000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-affine==2.4.0
-appdirs==1.4.4
-attrs==23.1.0
-cachetools==5.3.1
-certifi==2023.7.22
-click==8.1.7
-click-plugins==1.1.1
-cligj==0.7.2
-dagworks-sdk
-Fiona==1.9.4.post1
-geocube==0.4.2
-geopandas==0.14.0
-graphviz==0.20.1
-joblib==1.3.2
-mypy-extensions==1.0.0
-# -e git+ssh://git@github.com/IMMM-SFA/naturf.git@f6ce95c245b9be3f7c7d4fdd44d54b779ec7eb17#egg=naturf
-networkx==3.1
-numpy==1.26.0
-odc-geo==0.4.1
-packaging==23.1
-pandas==2.1.0
-pyparsing==3.1.1
-pyproj==3.6.0
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-pytz==2023.3.post1
-rasterio==1.3.8
-rioxarray==0.15.0
-Rtree==1.0.1
-scipy==1.11.2
-sf-hamilton==1.*
-Shapely==1.8.5.post1
-six==1.16.0
-snuggs==1.4.7
-tqdm
-typing-inspect==0.9.0
-typing_extensions==4.8.0
-tzdata==2023.3
-xarray==2023.8.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 06f127f5fb..0000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import re
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-
-def readme():
-    """Return the contents of the project README file."""
-    with open("README.md") as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-
-version = re.search(
-    r"__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", open("naturf/__init__.py").read(), re.M
-).group(1)
-
-setup(
-    name="naturf",
-    version=version,
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    url="https://github.com/IMMM-SFA/naturf",
-    license="MIT",
-    author="Levi Sweet-Breu, Melissa Allen-Dumas, Chris R. Vernon, Emily Rexer",
-    author_email="",
-    description="An open-source Python package to address the effect of the geometry of a neighborhood on the local meteorology. ",
-    long_description=readme(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    python_requires=">=3.8.5",
-    include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=[
-        "numpy>=1.22.4",
-        "pandas>=1.4.2",
-        "geocube>=0.3.1",
-        "rasterio>=1.2.10",
-        "xarray>=2022.3.0",
-        "joblib>=1.0.1",
-        "fiona>=1.8.19",
-        "pyproj>=3.0.1",
-        "rtree>=1.0.0",
-        "shapely>=1.8.2,<2",
-        "geopandas>=0.10.2",
-        "sf-hamilton[visualization]>=1.45",
-        "tqdm",
-    ],
-)