diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c15ab0c9..f66bf563 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ repos:
   rev: 20.8b1
   hooks:
   - id: black
-
-- repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
-  rev: v1.9.1
-  hooks:
-  - id: blacken-docs
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b6ebc0be..28bd7883 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=56", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 98124e5c..c9e59571 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 [metadata]
-license_files =
-	LICENSE
 name = importlib_metadata
 author = Jason R. Coombs
 author_email = jaraco@jaraco.com
@@ -36,13 +34,13 @@ testing =
 	pytest >= 4.6
 	pytest-checkdocs >= 2.4
 	pytest-flake8
-	# python_implementation: workaround for jaraco/skeleton#22
-	# python_version: workaround for python/typed_ast#156
-	pytest-black >= 0.3.7; python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version < "3.10"
+	pytest-black >= 0.3.7; \
+		# workaround for jaraco/skeleton#22
+		python_implementation != "PyPy"
 	pytest-cov
-	# python_implementation: workaround for jaraco/skeleton#22
-	# python_version: workaround for python/typed_ast#156
-	pytest-mypy; python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version < "3.10"
+	pytest-mypy; \
+		# workaround for jaraco/skeleton#22
+		python_implementation != "PyPy"
 	pytest-enabler >= 1.0.1
 
 	# local