Migration from setuptools_scm to tbump

4 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ea32da8a8..8d88d263f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Release date: TBA
 ..
   Put new features and bugfixes here and also in 'doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst'
 
+* ``setuptools_scm`` has been removed and replaced by ``tbump`` in order to not
+  have hidden runtime dependencies to setuptools
+
 * Appveyor is no longer used in the continuous integration
 
 * Added ``deprecated-decorator``: Emitted when deprecated decorator is used.
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 1a1d99dd2..88b47fc2c 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 from typing import Tuple
 
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
-
-try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution("pylint").version
-except DistributionNotFound:
-    __version__ = "2.8.2+"
+__version__ = "2.9.0-dev0"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> Tuple:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 963101b65..056e2a62c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = pylint
+version = attr: pylint.__pkginfo__.__version__
 description = python code static checker
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
@@ -45,8 +46,6 @@ install_requires =
     mccabe>=0.6,<0.7
     toml>=0.7.1
     colorama;sys_platform=="win32"
-setup_requires =
-  setuptools_scm
 python_requires = ~=3.6
 
 [options.packages.find]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5d43d7c9..606849326 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(use_scm_version=True)
+setup()