diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/python/pyproject.toml b/components/eamxx/src/python/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69a15543983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/eamxx/src/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pyeamxx"
+version = "0.0.1.dev6"
+dependencies = ["numpy", "mpi4py"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["pyeamxx", "libpyeamxx"]
+exclude = ["build_src", "tests"]
+namespaces = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"libpyeamxx" = ["*.so*"]
diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/python/readme b/components/eamxx/src/python/readme
index 823ff9c0426..8acf0f60429 100644
--- a/components/eamxx/src/python/readme
+++ b/components/eamxx/src/python/readme
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 INFO:
 - EAMxx python bindings
-- libpyeamxx is where we will house the extensions
 - pyeamxx is where we will house the python code
+- libpyeamxx is where we will house the extensions
+- packaging moved to https://github.com/mahf708/experimental-scream-feedstock
 
 TODO:
 - add more python code to organize structures
 - establish ci pipeline in scream/e3sm repos
-- add to cf (or alternatively sync with it)
 - decide how to deal with versioning
 - decide archs/pythons/mpis to tgt
-- figure out what's tripping cf
diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/python/setup.py b/components/eamxx/src/python/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 40b62d3c17c..00000000000
--- a/components/eamxx/src/python/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, Distribution
-
-
-class BinaryDistribution(Distribution):
-    def has_ext_modules(foo):
-        return True
-
-setup(
-    name='pyeamxx',
-    version='0.0.1.dev5',
-    author='E3SM SCREAM',
-    description='EAMxx wrapper',
-    packages=['', 'pyeamxx'],
-    package_data={
-        '': ['libpyeamxx/*.so*'],
-    },
-    distclass=BinaryDistribution,
-    zip_safe=False
-)
diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/build.sh b/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/build.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 21757e8206b..00000000000
--- a/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/env bash
-
-cd components/eamxx/src/python
-
-cmake \
-    -S ../../ \
-    -B build_src \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='Release' \
-    -DEAMXX_ENABLE_PYBIND='ON' \
-    -DNetcdf_Fortran_PATH=$PREFIX \
-    -DNetcdf_C_PATH=$PREFIX \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fmessage-length=0 -Wno-use-after-free -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-maybe-uninitialized' \
-    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='' \
-    -DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS='-Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-unused-dummy-argument' \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=mpic++ \
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=mpicc \
-    -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=mpif90 \
-    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -DSCREAM_INPUT_ROOT="build_src" \
-    -DSCREAM_ENABLE_BASELINE_TESTS=OFF \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX \
-    -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$PYTHON
-
-cmake --build build_src/src/python -j${CPU_COUNT:-128}
-
-find build_src -name "*.so*" | xargs cp -t libpyeamxx/
-for f in libpyeamxx/*.so*; do patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN' --force-rpath $f; done
-
-$PYTHON -m build -w -n -x
-
-pip install dist/*.whl -vv
diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/conda_build_config.yaml b/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/conda_build_config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f5f68d8d781..00000000000
--- a/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-
-# eamxx fails with gcc 13
-c_compiler_version:     # [linux]
-  - 12                  # [linux]
-cxx_compiler_version:   # [linux]
-  - 12                  # [linux]
diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/meta.yaml b/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/meta.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ee370bbbb5..00000000000
--- a/components/eamxx/src/python/tools/meta.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package:
-  name: pyeamxx
-  version: 0.0.1.dev5
-
-source:
-  path: ../../../../../
-
-build:
-  number: 0
-
-requirements:
-  build:
-    - cmake
-    # - {{ stdlib('c') }}
-    - {{ compiler('c') }}
-    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-    - {{ compiler('fortran') }}
-  host:
-    - python
-    - pybind11
-    - setuptools
-    - build
-    - spdlog
-    - fmt
-    - yaml-cpp
-    - mpich
-    - hdf5 *=*mpich*
-    - libnetcdf 
-    - netcdf-cxx4
-    - netcdf-fortran
-    - python
-    - numpy
-    - mpi4py
-  run:
-    - {{ pin_compatible('spdlog', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - {{ pin_compatible('fmt', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - {{ pin_compatible('yaml-cpp', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - {{ pin_compatible('mpich', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - hdf5 *=*mpich*
-    - {{ pin_compatible('libnetcdf', max_pin='x.x') }} 
-    - {{ pin_compatible('netcdf-cxx4', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - {{ pin_compatible('netcdf-fortran', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - python
-    - {{ pin_compatible('numpy', max_pin='x.x') }}
-    - mpi4py
-
-about:
-  home: https://github.com/E3SM-Project/scream
-  summary: Python wrapper for EAMxx
-
-extra:
-  recipe-maintainers:
-    - scream-team