diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85ffe03..6726598 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ docs/generated/
 docs/make.bat
 docs/Makefile
 
-# PyPi
-build/
+# PyPI
 dist/
 krank.egg-info/
-
-# src
-src/krank/_version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f4f8f2..f7417fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ dev = [
   "pydata-sphinx-theme",  # Needs to be in requirements.txt also (for docs.yml).
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "krank.__version__"}
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 include-package-data = true
 
@@ -56,8 +59,3 @@ krank = [
   "krank/data/lexicons.json",
   "krank/data/tables.json",
 ]
-
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-version_scheme = "python-simplified-semver"
-local_scheme = "no-local-version"
-version_file = "src/krank/_version.py"
diff --git a/src/krank/__init__.py b/src/krank/__init__.py
index b1b054b..25903ed 100644
--- a/src/krank/__init__.py
+++ b/src/krank/__init__.py
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 from . import lexicons
 from . import liwc
 from . import tables
+
+
+__version__ = "0.0.1.dev4"