diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c6efae5..96c028c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ viscy = "viscy.cli.cli:main"
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["viscy"]
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "viscy/_version.py"
-
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88