diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2cdfe5d..30ff144 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install build wheel twine
+        pip install setuptools wheel twine build toml
 
     - name: Build package
-      run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      run: |
+        python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
 
     - name: Check if package version already exists
       run: |
-        PACKAGE_NAME=$(python setup.py --name)
+        PACKAGE_NAME=$(python -c "import toml; print(toml.load('pyproject.toml')['project']['name'])") 
         PACKAGE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
         if twine check dist/*; then
           if pip install $PACKAGE_NAME==$PACKAGE_VERSION; then
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b84e79..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="async-substrate-interface",
-    version="1.0.0rc1",
-    description="Asyncio library for interacting with substrate.",
-    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author="Opentensor Foundation",
-    author_email="benhimes@opentensor.dev",
-    url="https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=[
-        "asyncstdlib~=3.13.0",
-        "bittensor-wallet>=2.1.3",
-        "bt-decode==0.4.0",
-        "scalecodec==1.2.11",
-        "websockets>=14.1",
-        "xxhash",
-    ],
-    python_requires=">=3.9,<3.13",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    ],
-)