diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79e628404..94f74793d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 python_files = 'test_*.py'
 testpaths = 'test'  # space seperated list of paths from root e.g test tests doc/testing
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f2d8e4f6..215590710 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-except ImportError:
-    from ez_setup import use_setuptools  # type: ignore[Pylance]
-    use_setuptools()
-    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist as _sdist
 import fnmatch
@@ -93,8 +86,7 @@ def build_py_modules(basedir, excludes=()):
     author_email="byronimo@gmail.com, mtrier@gmail.com",
     license="BSD",
     url="https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=("test.*")),
-    package_data={'git': ['**/*.pyi', 'py.typed']},
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["test", "test.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     py_modules=build_py_modules("./git", excludes=["git.ext.*"]),
     package_dir={'git': 'git'},