diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 84593073e2a..2c09e8bed23 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[options]
-setup_requires = setuptools_scm
-
 [flake8]
 ignore = E203, E266, E501, W503, F401, E741
 max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c898a3b212..ede9c6a5f05 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
 ]
 PLATFORMS = "Any"
 INSTALL_REQUIRES = ["numpy", "pandas", "xarray", "netCDF4", "packaging"]
+# Configuration for setuptools-scm
+SETUP_REQUIRES = ["setuptools_scm"]
+USE_SCM_VERSION = {
+    "relative_to": __file__,
+    "local_scheme": "node-and-date",
+    "write_to": "_version.py",
+    "write_to_template": '__version__ = "{version}"\n',
+}
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
@@ -43,10 +51,7 @@
         fullname=FULLNAME,
         description=DESCRIPTION,
         long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
-        use_scm_version={
-            "write_to": "_version.py",
-            "write_to_template": 'version = "{version}"\n',
-        },
+        use_scm_version=USE_SCM_VERSION,
         author=AUTHOR,
         author_email=AUTHOR_EMAIL,
         maintainer=MAINTAINER,
@@ -60,4 +65,5 @@
         classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
         keywords=KEYWORDS,
         install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
+        setup_requires=SETUP_REQUIRES,
     )