diff --git a/docs/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
similarity index 89%
rename from docs/.readthedocs.yml
rename to .readthedocs.yml
index be0c8060..baf8cf8a 100644
--- a/docs/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ sphinx:
 python:
   install:
     - method: pip
-      path: .
-      extra_requirements:
-        - docs
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+      requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b39aed29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 50", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 6"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+# this is used populated when creating a git archive
+# and when there is .git dir and/or there is no git installed
+fallback_version = "9999.$Format:%h-%cs$"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+norecursedirs = [
+   ".git",
+   "bin",
+   "dist",
+   "build",
+   "_build",
+   "dist",
+   "etc",
+   "local",
+   "ci",
+   "docs",
+   "man",
+   "share",
+   "samples",
+   ".cache",
+   ".settings",
+   "Include",
+   "include",
+   "Lib",
+   "lib",
+   "lib64",
+   "Lib64",
+   "Scripts",
+   "thirdparty",
+   "tmp",
+   "venv",
+   "tests/data",
+   ".eggs",
+   "src/*/data",
+   "tests/*/data"
+]
+
+python_files = "*.py"
+
+python_classes = "Test"
+python_functions = "test"
+
+addopts = [
+    "-rfExXw",
+    "--strict-markers",
+    "--doctest-modules"
+]
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