pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 setup.py       | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 05374a2..1e0fdcc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "calver"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.mypy]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 826eac7..4f5bcc6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
+with open(path.join(here, "calver_version"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    version = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name="trove-classifiers",
     description="Canonical source for classifiers on PyPI (pypi.org).",
@@ -28,6 +31,5 @@ setup(
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     packages=find_packages(where="src"),
     package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    use_calver=True,
-    setup_requires=["calver"],
+    version=version,
 )