diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8d0ed8..4a40267 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,9 +62,16 @@ A Graph object stores a heterogeneous network and relies on the following classe
 3. Edge
 4. MetaEdge
 
-## Release instructions
+## Development
 
-This section is only relevant for project maintainers.
+This repo uses pre-commit:
+
+```sh
+# run once per local repo before committing
+pre-commit install
+```
+
+This following is only relevant for maintainers.
 Create a new release at <https://github.com/hetio/hetnetpy/releases/new>.
 GitHub Actions will build the distribution and upload it to PyPI.
 The version information inferred from the Git tag using [setuptools_scm](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a7c3b22..216b3ec 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,61 @@
+[metadata]
+name = hetnetpy
+maintainer = Daniel Himmelstein
+maintainer_email = daniel.himmelstein@gmail.com
+license = CC0 1.0
+license_file = LICENSE-CC0.md
+description =  Hetnets in Python
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown; charset=UTF-8
+url = https://github.com/hetio/hetnetpy
+classifiers =
+    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
+    License :: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+keywords =
+    hetnet
+    graph
+    heterogeneous
+    network
+    neo4j
+    hetio
+    hetnetpy
+    dwpc
+    rephetio
+
+[options]
+packages = find:
+python_requires = >=3.6
+install_requires =
+    regex
+
+[options.extras_require]
+test =
+    neo4j
+    numpy
+    pandas
+    py2neo
+    pytest
+    scipy
+    tqdm
+stats =
+    pandas
+    matplotlib
+    seaborn
+neo4j =
+    pandas
+    py2neo
+    tqdm
+matrix =
+    numpy
+    scipy
+
+[options.packages.find]
+exclude =
+    test
+
 [flake8]
 ignore =
     E203
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d0f0e2..1abbd06 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,64 +1,4 @@
-import pathlib
-
 import setuptools
 
-directory = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
-
-# long_description
-readme_path = directory.joinpath("README.md")
-with readme_path.open() as read_file:
-    long_description = read_file.read()
-
-# Testing dependencies
-tests_require = [
-    "black ; python_version>='3.6'",
-    "neo4j",
-    "numpy",
-    "pandas",
-    "py2neo",
-    "pytest",
-    "scipy",
-    "tqdm",
-]
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    # Package details
-    name="hetnetpy",
-    url="https://github.com/hetio/hetnetpy",
-    description="Hetnets in Python",
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    license="CC0 1.0",
-    # Author details
-    author="Daniel Himmelstein",
-    author_email="daniel.himmelstein@gmail.com",
-    # Package topics
-    keywords="hetnet graph heterogeneous network neo4j hetio hetnetpy",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
-        "License :: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-    ],
-    # should find hetnetpy (and hetio if symlink supported)
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=["test"]),
-    # Specify python version
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
-    # Run-time dependencies
-    install_requires=["regex"],
-    # Testing dependencies
-    tests_require=tests_require,
-    # Additional groups of dependencies
-    extras_require={
-        "stats": ["pandas", "matplotlib", "seaborn"],
-        "neo4j": ["pandas", "py2neo", "tqdm"],
-        "matrix": ["numpy", "scipy"],
-        "test": tests_require,
-    },
-)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setuptools.setup()