diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67b758e..3bbd73d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ compile_commands.json
 CTestTestfile.cmake
 _deps
 cmake-build-*
+_skbuild
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 06e7b52..9134090 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,22 @@ include(tools/CompilerWarnings.cmake)
 
 project(quicktex)
 
+if (SKBUILD)
+    # Scikit-Build does not add your site-packages to the search path
+    # automatically, so we need to add it _or_ the pybind11 specific directory
+    # here.
+    execute_process(
+            COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" -c
+            "import pybind11; print(pybind11.get_cmake_dir())"
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _tmp_dir
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT)
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${_tmp_dir}")
+endif ()
+
 # Find dependencies
 find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+find_package(pybind11 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenMP)
-add_subdirectory(extern/pybind11)
 
 # Collect source files
 file(GLOB SOURCE_FILES
@@ -73,3 +85,5 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -stdlib=libc++ -fsanitize=undefined")
     set(PROJECT_WARNINGS ${CLANG_WARNINGS})
 endif ()
+
+install(TARGETS _quicktex LIBRARY DESTINATION quicktex)
diff --git a/extern/pybind11 b/extern/pybind11
deleted file mode 160000
index 8de7772..0000000
--- a/extern/pybind11
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8de7772cc72daca8e947b79b83fea46214931604
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a7ea04..6ab47ce 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools>=61",
     "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
     "wheel",
+    "pybind11>=2.9.0",
+    "cmake>=3.22",
+    "scikit-build>0.13",
     "ninja; sys_platform != 'win32'",
-    "cmake>=3.12",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 89042b0..14f7cd0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,116 +1,15 @@
-import os
-import re
 import sys
-import subprocess
 
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+try:
+    from skbuild import setup
+except ImportError:
+    print(
+        "Please update pip, you need pip 10 or greater,\n"
+        " or you need to install the PEP 518 requirements in pyproject.toml yourself",
+        file=sys.stderr,
+    )
+    raise
 
-project_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-
-
-# A CMakeExtension needs a sourcedir instead of a file list.
-# The name must be the _single_ output extension from the CMake build.
-# If you need multiple extensions, see scikit-build.
-class CMakeExtension(Extension):
-    def __init__(self, name, sourcedir=""):
-        Extension.__init__(self, name, sources=[])
-        self.sourcedir = os.path.abspath(sourcedir)
-
-
-class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
-    def build_extension(self, ext):
-        from setuptools_scm import get_version
-        version = get_version(root='.', relative_to=__file__)
-
-        extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
-
-        # required for auto-detection of auxiliary "native" libs
-        if not extdir.endswith(os.path.sep):
-            extdir += os.path.sep
-
-        cfg = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"
-
-        # CMake lets you override the generator - we need to check this.
-        # Can be set with Conda-Build, for example.
-        cmake_generator = os.environ.get("CMAKE_GENERATOR", "")
-
-        # Set Python_EXECUTABLE instead if you use PYBIND11_FINDPYTHON
-        cmake_args = [
-            "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY={}".format(extdir),
-            "-DPython_EXECUTABLE={}".format(sys.executable),
-            "-DQUICKTEX_VERSION_INFO={}".format(version),
-            "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={}".format(cfg),  # not used on MSVC, but no harm
-        ]
-        build_args = []
-
-        if self.compiler.compiler_type != "msvc":
-            # Using Ninja-build since it a) is available as a wheel and b)
-            # multithreads automatically. MSVC would require all variables be
-            # exported for Ninja to pick it up, which is a little tricky to do.
-            # Users can override the generator with CMAKE_GENERATOR in CMake
-            # 3.15+.
-            if not cmake_generator:
-                cmake_args += ["-GNinja"]
-
-        else:
-            # Single config generators are handled "normally"
-            single_config = any(x in cmake_generator for x in {"NMake", "Ninja"})
-
-            # CMake allows an arch-in-generator style for backward compatibility
-            contains_arch = any(x in cmake_generator for x in {"ARM", "Win64"})
-
-            # Convert distutils Windows platform specifiers to CMake -A arguments
-            plat_to_cmake = {
-                "win32": "Win32",
-                "win-amd64": "x64",
-                "win-arm32": "ARM",
-                "win-arm64": "ARM64",
-            }
-
-            # Specify the arch if using MSVC generator, but only if it doesn't
-            # contain a backward-compatibility arch spec already in the
-            # generator name.
-            if not single_config and not contains_arch:
-                cmake_args += ["-A", plat_to_cmake[self.plat_name]]
-
-            # Multi-config generators have a different way to specify configs
-            if not single_config:
-                cmake_args += [
-                    "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_{}={}".format(cfg.upper(), extdir)
-                ]
-                build_args += ["--config", cfg]
-
-        if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
-            # Cross-compile support for macOS - respect ARCHFLAGS if set
-            archs = re.findall(r"-arch (\S+)", os.environ.get("ARCHFLAGS", ""))
-            if archs:
-                cmake_args += ["-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES={}".format(";".join(archs))]
-
-        # Set CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL to control the parallel build level
-        # across all generators.
-        if "CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL" not in os.environ:
-            # self.parallel is a Python 3 only way to set parallel jobs by hand
-            # using -j in the build_ext call, not supported by pip or PyPA-build.
-            if hasattr(self, "parallel") and self.parallel:
-                # CMake 3.12+ only.
-                build_args += ["-j{}".format(self.parallel)]
-
-        if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
-            os.makedirs(self.build_temp)
-
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            ["cmake", ext.sourcedir] + cmake_args, cwd=self.build_temp
-        )
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            ["cmake", "--build", ".", "--target", ext.name] + build_args, cwd=self.build_temp
-        )
-
-
-# The information here can also be placed in setup.cfg - better separation of
-# logic and declaration, and simpler if you include description/version in a file.
 setup(
-    use_scm_version=True,
-    ext_modules=[CMakeExtension("_quicktex")],
-    cmdclass={"build_ext": CMakeBuild},
+    cmake_install_dir='.'
 )