diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-subtensor-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-subtensor-tests.yml
index 77568a1f4..6c71b18bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-subtensor-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-subtensor-tests.yml
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.13
 
-      - name: install dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv venv .venv
-          source .venv/bin/activate
-          uv pip install .[dev]
-
       - name: Download Cached Docker Image
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -100,5 +94,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          source .venv/bin/activate
           uv run pytest ${{ matrix.test-file }} -s
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 867b5bcef..000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-recursive-include bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/templates *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 476479fe9..ab96878aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=70.0.0", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["flit_core >=3.11,<4"]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor-cli"
@@ -10,9 +10,24 @@ readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
     {name = "bittensor.com"}
 ]
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+license = "MIT"
 scripts = { btcli = "bittensor_cli.cli:main" }
-requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.15"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    "Topic :: Utilities"
+]
 dependencies = [
     "wheel",
     "async-substrate-interface>=1.5.2",
@@ -37,6 +52,8 @@ dependencies = [
 cuda = [
     "torch>=1.13.1,<3.0",
 ]
+
+[dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-asyncio",
@@ -47,23 +64,3 @@ dev = [
 # more details can be found here
 homepage = "https://github.com/opentensor/btcli"
 Repository = "https://github.com/opentensor/btcli"
-
-[tool.flit.metadata]
-classifiers = [
-    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
-    "Topic :: Utilities"
-]
-
-[tool.setuptools]
-package-dir = {"bittensor_cli" = "bittensor_cli"}
-include-package-data = true