diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 70afc957d..af3b6e04c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install --upgrade build hatch twine
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
 
     # if this is a release, upload to PyPI
     - name: Build and publish release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml b/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml
index 0381b3d61..73357af03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: setuptools-scm test
+name: Hatch SCM versioning test
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 54f74356d..173d0c84e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install python requirements
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install --upgrade build setuptools twine
+          python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
           python -m pip install -r requirements/dev.txt ${{ matrix.extra-requirements }}
 
       - name: Install Fast-F1 from sources
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install --upgrade build setuptools twine
+          python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
 
       - name: Build release and check long form description
         run: |
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 482f95afa..bba49afa5 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2023 Philipp Schäfer
+Copyright (c) 2024 Philipp Schäfer
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 692e2c962..bf0e5a064 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ It is recommended to install FastF1 using `pip`:
 pip install fastf1
 ```
 
-Note that Python 3.8 or higher is required.
-
 Alternatively, a wheel or a source distribution can be downloaded from Pypi.
 
 You can also install using `conda`:
@@ -41,9 +39,9 @@ conda install -c conda-forge fastf1
 
 - R package that wraps FastF1: https://github.com/SCasanova/f1dataR
 
-These packages are not directly related to the FastF1 project. Questions and
-suggestions regarding these packages need to be directed at their respective 
-maintainers.
+Third-party packages are not directly related to the FastF1 project. Questions 
+and suggestions regarding these packages need to be directed at their 
+respective maintainers.
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 6c8599204..7055fad37 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         "--ergast-api", action="store_true", default=False,
         help="run tests which require connecting to ergast"
     )
-    parser.addoption(
-        "--lint-only", action="store_true", default=False,
-        help="only run linter and skip all tests"
-    )
     parser.addoption(
         "--prj-doc", action="store_true", default=False,
         help="run only tests for general project structure and documentation"
@@ -65,11 +61,6 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
             if "ergastapi" in item.keywords:
                 item.add_marker(skip_ergast)
 
-    # lint only: skip all
-    if config.getoption('--lint-only'):
-        items[:] = [item for item in items
-                    if item.get_closest_marker('flake8')]
-
     # only test documentation and project structure
     if config.getoption('--prj-doc'):
         skip_non_prj = pytest.mark.skip(reason="--prj-doc given: run only "
diff --git a/docs/contributing/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing/contributing.rst
index 3b872bb59..d6caedbb1 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing/contributing.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ rules before submitting a pull request:
 
 * Formatting should follow the recommendations of PEP8_, as enforced by
   ruff_. The maximum line length for all changed lines is 79 characters.
-  You can check flake8 compliance from the command line with ::
+  You can check code style compliance from the command line with ::
 
     python -m pip install ruff
     ruff check .
@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ rules before submitting a pull request:
   or your editor may provide integration with it. The above command will not
   flag lines that are too long!
 
-  Flake8 will also be run before each commit if you have the pre-commit hooks
-  installed (see :ref:`install_pre_commit`). Contrary to the manual invocation of flake8, this will also flag
-  lines which are too long!
+  Ruff will also be run before each commit if you have the pre-commit hooks
+  installed (see :ref:`install_pre_commit`).
 
   .. _PEP8: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
   .. _ruff: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 276b0c917..aedaf6184 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ minversion = 6.0
 testpaths =
   fastf1
   docs
-  # the following are only used for 'pytest --flake8'
   examples
-  scripts
 
 norecursedirs =
   _build