diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38a9471e0..427de749a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ requires = [
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"_pytest" = ["py.typed"]
+"pytest" = ["py.typed"]
+
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "src/_pytest/_version.py"
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e72c56d7..000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[options.package_data]
-_pytest = py.typed
-pytest = py.typed