diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 00250e1..5a527cf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 3.2 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Moved all the information from setup.py into setup.cfg.
 
 
 3.1 (2019-10-25)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 54a3c45..796104b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Contributors
+============
+
 Lennart Regebro <regebro@gmail.com>, Original Author
 
 Justin Gruenberg implemented the Quadradic Bezier calculations and
@@ -9,5 +12,5 @@ Steve Schwarz added an error argument to make that choice an argument.
 
 ClayJarCom speeded up `point()` calculations for paths.
 
-Thanks also to bug fixers Martin R, abcjjy, Daniel Stender, MTician, 
+Thanks also to bug fixers Martin R, abcjjy, Daniel Stender, MTician,
 blokhin and jaraco.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 55527ef..c57746a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+[metadata]
+name = svg.path
+version = 3.2.dev0
+description = SVG path objects and parser
+long_description = file: README.rst, CONTRIBUTORS.txt, CHANGES.txt
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
+    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
+keywords = svg, path, maths
+author = Lennart Regebro
+author_email = regebro@gmail.com
+url = https://github.com/regebro/svg.path
+license = MIT
+
+[options]
+zip_safe = True
+include_package_data = True
+packages = find:
+package_dir =
+    = src
+test_suite = svg.path.tests
+
 [pep8]
 max-line-length=100
 ignore=E126,E127
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dde9571..8bf1ba9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,50 +1,2 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import os
-
-version = '3.2.dev0'
-
-long_description = (
-    open('README.rst').read()
-    + '\n' +
-    'Contributors\n'
-    '============\n'
-    + '\n' +
-    open('CONTRIBUTORS.txt').read()
-    + '\n' +
-    open('CHANGES.txt').read()
-    + '\n')
-
-setup(name='svg.path',
-      version=version,
-      description='SVG path objects and parser',
-      long_description=long_description,
-      # Get more strings from
-      # http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
-      classifiers=[
-          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-          'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-          'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-          'Programming Language :: Python',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
-          'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics'
-          ],
-      keywords='svg path maths',
-      author='Lennart Regebro',
-      author_email='regebro@gmail.com',
-      url='https://github.com/regebro/svg.path',
-      license='MIT',
-      packages=find_packages('src'),
-      package_dir={'': 'src'},
-      include_package_data=True,
-      zip_safe=True,
-      install_requires=[
-          'setuptools',
-      ],
-      test_suite='svg.path.tests',
-      )
+from setuptools import setup
+setup()