diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a83549b..b83b81a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Add here external Python modules dependencies, one per line. Module names
 # should match https://pypi.python.org/pypi names. For the full spec or
 # dependency lines, see https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/1.1/requirements.html
 confluent-kafka
 msgpack
 tenacity
-vcversioner
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 309309c..eb30b87 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,71 +1,71 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 from os import path
 from io import open
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
 with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 
 def parse_requirements(name=None):
     if name:
         reqf = "requirements-%s.txt" % name
     else:
         reqf = "requirements.txt"
 
     requirements = []
     if not path.exists(reqf):
         return requirements
 
     with open(reqf) as f:
         for line in f.readlines():
             line = line.strip()
             if not line or line.startswith("#"):
                 continue
             requirements.append(line)
     return requirements
 
 
 setup(
     name="swh.journal",
     description="Software Heritage Journal utilities",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     author="Software Heritage developers",
     author_email="swh-devel@inria.fr",
     url="https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DJNL/",
     packages=find_packages(),
     scripts=[],
     entry_points="""
         [pytest11]
         pytest_swh_journal = swh.journal.pytest_plugin
     """,
     install_requires=parse_requirements() + parse_requirements("swh"),
-    setup_requires=["vcversioner"],
+    setup_requires=["setuptools-scm"],
+    use_scm_version=True,
     extras_require={"testing": parse_requirements("test")},
-    vcversioner={},
     include_package_data=True,
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     ],
     project_urls={
         "Bug Reports": "https://forge.softwareheritage.org/maniphest",
         "Funding": "https://www.softwareheritage.org/donate",
         "Source": "https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-journal",
         "Documentation": "https://docs.softwareheritage.org/devel/swh-journal/",
     },
 )