diff --git a/.github/actions/test/action.yml b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
index 61dfe13..4a2fd99 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
@@ -97,11 +97,7 @@ runs:
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.pyshp_repo_directory }}
       env:
         REPLACE_REMOTE_URLS_WITH_LOCALHOST: ${{ inputs.replace_remote_urls_with_localhost }}
-      run: |
-        echo "Ensure the tests import the installed wheel"
-        mv shapefile.py __tmp.py
-        pytest -rA --tb=short ${{ inputs.extra_args }}
-        mv __tmp.py shapefile.py
+      run: pytest -rA --tb=short ${{ inputs.extra_args }}
 
 
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_checks_build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/run_checks_build_and_test.yml
index 3e9cadb..bbafa08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_checks_build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_checks_build_and_test.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install pytest pylint pylint-per-file-ignores
+        pip install -e .
     - name: run Pylint for errors and warnings only, on test_shapefile.py
       run: |
         pylint --disable=R,C test_shapefile.py
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 19d54f2..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include *.md *.txt *.TXT
-recursive-include shapefiles *.dbf *.sbn *.sbx *.shp *.shx
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 945c86c..af799f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "pyshp"
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ test = ["pytest"]
 [project.urls]
 Repository = "https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp"
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "shapefile.__version__"}
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+only-include = ["src", "shapefiles", "test_shapefile.py"]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+only-include = ["src"]
+sources = {"src" = ""}  # move from "src" directory for wheel
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "src/shapefile.py"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 # Exclude a variety of commonly ignored directories.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a2d80c..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = pyshp
-version = attr: shapefile.__version__
-description = Pure Python read/write support for ESRI Shapefile format
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-author = Joel Lawhead
-author_email = jlawhead@geospatialpython.com
-maintainer = Karim Bahgat
-maintainer_email = karim.bahgat.norway@gmail.com
-url = https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp
-download_url = https://pypi.org/project/pyshp/
-license = MIT
-license_files = LICENSE.TXT
-keywords = gis, geospatial, geographic, shapefile, shapefiles
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
-    Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS
-    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
-    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
-
-[options]
-py_modules = shapefile
-python_requires = >=3.9
-
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal=1
diff --git a/shapefile.py b/src/shapefile.py
similarity index 100%
rename from shapefile.py
rename to src/shapefile.py