diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 41240106..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[semantic_release]
-version_variable = setup.py:__version__
-
diff --git a/wheel_recipe.sh b/wheel_recipe.sh
index 152ea799..8de18089 100755
--- a/wheel_recipe.sh
+++ b/wheel_recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # a script to build and upload wheel files on pypi.org
 rm -rf dist/
+semantic-release version
 python -m build --sdist
 python -m build --wheel
 twine upload --verbose dist/*
+semantic-release publish