diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b07d17..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-include pyproject.toml
-include README.md
-include LICENSE
-recursive-include language_tool_python *.py *.toml
-include language_tool_python/py.typed
-
-prune .github/
-prune .mypy_cache/
-prune .pytest-cache/
-prune .ruff_cache/
-prune env/
-prune .env
-prune .venv
-prune env/
-prune venv/
-prune ENV/
-prune env.bak/
-prune venv.bak/
-prune docs/
-prune htmlcov/
-prune tests/
-
-exclude .coverage
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
-exclude .readthedocs.yaml
-exclude CHANGELOG.md
-exclude CONTRIBUTING.md
-exclude coverage-badge.svg
-exclude coverage.xml
-exclude make.bat
-exclude Makefile
-exclude pytest.ini
-exclude uv.lock
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 11c785d..480b5bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@ types = [
 language_tool_python = "language_tool_python.__main__:main"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["uv_build>=0.11.14,<0.12"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = { find = { include = ["language_tool_python*"] } }
-
-[tool.setuptools.package-data]
-language_tool_python = ["py.typed", "integrity.toml", "logging.toml"]
+[tool.uv.build-backend]
+module-root = "" # uv expects the code to be in a "src/" directory by default, but our code is in the the current dir
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["F", "W", "I", "B", "SIM", "RET", "Q", "N", "S", "BLE"]