diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 962b5e9..0781c1a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
     python: "3.12"
+  apt_packages:
+    - libblas-dev
+    - liblapack-dev
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
diff --git a/pfapack/_version.py b/pfapack/_version.py
index 69dfc36..0c84d7e 100755
--- a/pfapack/_version.py
+++ b/pfapack/_version.py
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from __future__ import annotations
+try:
+    # setuptools_scm is not a runtime dependency. This is used when pip
+    # installing from a git repository.
+    from setuptools_scm import get_version
 
-from pathlib import Path
+    __version__ = get_version(root="..", relative_to=__file__)
+except (ImportError, LookupError):
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
-# Is set during `onbuild` if `pip install pfapack` is used
-__version__ = ""
-
-if not __version__:
     try:
-        import versioningit
-    except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-        import importlib.metadata
-
-        __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("pfapack")
-    else:
-        PROJECT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-        __version__ = versioningit.get_version(project_dir=PROJECT_DIR)
+        __version__ = version("pfapack")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85cdad0..b0b986b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "mesonpy"
-requires = ["meson-python", "versioningit"]
+requires = ["meson-python", "setuptools_scm"]
 
 [project]
 name = "pfapack"
@@ -44,29 +44,6 @@ documentation = "https://pfapack.readthedocs.io"
 content-type = "text/markdown"
 file = "README.md"
 
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "versioningit"
-
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-packages = ["pfapack"]
-
-[tool.hatch.build.hooks.versioningit-onbuild]
-build-file = "pfapack/_version.py"
-source-file = "pfapack/_version.py"
-
-[tool.versioningit]
-default-version = "0.0.0"
-
-[tool.versioningit.vcs]
-method = "git"
-match = ["v*"]
-default-tag = "0.0.0"
-
-[tool.versioningit.format]
-dirty = "{version}.dev{distance}+{branch}.{vcs}{rev}.dirty"
-distance = "{version}.dev{distance}+{branch}.{vcs}{rev}"
-distance-dirty = "{version}.dev{distance}+{branch}.{vcs}{rev}.dirty"
-
 [tool.mypy]
 python_version = "3.10"
 follow_imports = "silent"