diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9e2c08b..038a572 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "rpy2>=3.3",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "Readme.md"
 license = {text = "BSD"}
 classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["figures"]
 
 [tool.pdm]
 distribution = true
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a29442..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-with open("Readme.md", "r") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="KorAPClient",
-    version="0.7.5.9000",
-    author="Marc Kupietz",
-    author_email="kupietz@ids-mannheim.de",
-    description="Client package to access KorAP's web service API",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://www1.ids-mannheim.de/kl/projekte/korap.html",
-    license="BSD",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-    ],
-    scripts=['bin/korapclient'],
-    test_suite='nose.collector',
-    tests_require=['nose'],
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
-    install_requires=[
-        'rpy2>=3.3',
-        'pandas>=1.2',
-        'packaging',
-        'markdown'
-    ]
-)