diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 7b2cf9bc..b8c038b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         source venv/bin/activate
         echo "Using version $PKG_VERSION_STRICT"
         sed -i -r -e "s/^__version__ += '.*'$/__version__ = '$PKG_VERSION_STRICT'/" xml2rfc/__init__.py
-        python -m build --config-setting=--build-option="setopt --command=metadata --option=version --set-value=$PKG_VERSION_STRICT"
-        rm -rf dist
         python -m build --sdist
         
     - name: Publish to Test PyPI
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8a672852..b9dd57c4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = xml2rfc
-version = 3.18.2
+version = attr: xml2rfc.__version__
 description = xml2rfc generates RFCs and IETF drafts from document source in XML according to the IETF xml2rfc v2 and v3 vocabularies.
 long_description = file:  README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown