diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 83e2714..d88cbcd 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Maintainer: Eric Torres <eric.torres@its-et.me>
 pkgname=packaging-scripts
 pkgver=1.7.1
-pkgrel=5
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc="A set of helper scripts for handling Arch Linux packages"
 arch=('any')
 license=('MIT')
 groups=(pacman-helpers)
 depends=(gist mlocate pacman python pyalpm)
-makedepends=(git python-build python-installer python-wheel)
+makedepends=(git python-setuptools)
 optdepends=('fzf: for the fqo script'
             'mlocate: for the fqo script')
 checkdepends=(python-hypothesis python-pytest)
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP')
 
 build() {
     cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
-    python -m build --no-isolation
+    python setup.py build
 }
 
 check() {
     cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
-    pytest
+    python -m unittest
 }
 
 package() {
     cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
 
-    python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
+    python setup.py install --root="$pkgdir/" --optimize=1 --skip-build
 
     # install README
     install -Dm644 README.rst "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/README.rst"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d7e1652..48eddb1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 [build-system]
-requires=["build", "wheel"]
-
-[tool.build_find]
-paths=["packaging_scripts"]
+requires=["build", "setuptools", "wheel"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11f43a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import setuptools
+
+# ========== Constants ==========
+EXCLUDED_PACKAGES = ["test", "tests"]
+PACKAGES = setuptools.find_packages(exclude=EXCLUDED_PACKAGES)
+SCRIPTS = ["bin/addpkg", "bin/delpkg", "bin/fqo", "bin/pug2"]
+
+
+# ========== Functions ==========
+with open("README.rst", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+
+# ========== Package Setup ==========
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="packaging_scripts",
+    version="1.7.1",
+    author="Eric Russel Torres",
+    author_email="erictorres4@protonmail.com",
+    description="A set of scripts for automating pacman database interaction",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/plain",
+    url="",
+    packages=PACKAGES,
+    scripts=SCRIPTS,
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+)