diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e5471c10e..4704582d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Set up Python dependencies
-        run: pip install --upgrade build twine
+        run: pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine
 
       - name: Build Python package
-        run: python -m build
+        run: python setup.py build sdist bdist_wheel --universal
 
       - name: Publish Python package
         env:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c32285214..4a6faeb80 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ WORKDIR /tmp
 
 # Copy files necessary for build
 COPY material material
+COPY MANIFEST.in MANIFEST.in
 COPY package.json package.json
 COPY README.md README.md
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
+COPY setup.py setup.py
 
 # Perform build and cleanup artifacts and caches
 RUN \
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50ff2bbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+recursive-include material *.js *.css *.map *.html *.svg *.png *.yml
+recursive-include material *.ttf *.woff *.woff2 LICENSE*
+recursive-exclude material/overrides *
+recursive-exclude site *
+recursive-exclude src *
+recursive-exclude * __pycache__
+recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
+include LICENSE
+include package.json
+include README.md
+include requirements.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dae3192b..000000000
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-requirements-txt", "hatch-nodejs-version"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
-[project]
-name = "mkdocs-material"
-dynamic = [
-  "version",
-  "dependencies",
-  "license",
-  "description",
-  "authors",
-  "keywords",
-  "urls",
-]
-readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
-classifiers = [
-  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-  "Environment :: Web Environment",
-  "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-  "Programming Language :: JavaScript",
-  "Programming Language :: Python",
-  "Topic :: Documentation",
-  "Topic :: Software Development :: Documentation",
-  "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML",
-]
-
-[project.entry-points."mkdocs.plugins"]
-search = "material.plugins.search.plugin:SearchPlugin"
-tags = "material.plugins.tags.plugin:TagsPlugin"
-
-[project.entry-points."mkdocs.themes"]
-material = "material"
-
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "nodejs"
-
-[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.nodejs]
-fields = ["license", "description", "authors", "keywords", "urls"]
-
-[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.requirements_txt]
-filename = "requirements.txt"
-
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-include = ["/material"]
-
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
-include = ["/material", "/package.json", "/requirements.txt"]
-exclude = ["/material/overrides"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34d008233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2022 Martin Donath <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+# IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+import json
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+# Load package.json contents
+with open("package.json") as f:
+    package = json.load(f)
+
+# Load list of dependencies
+with open("requirements.txt") as f:
+    install_requires = [
+        line for line in f.read().split("\n")
+        if line and not line.startswith("#")
+    ]
+
+# Load README contents
+with open("README.md", encoding = "utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+# Package description
+setup(
+    name = "mkdocs-material",
+    version = package["version"],
+    url = package["homepage"],
+    project_urls = {
+        "Source": "https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material",
+    },
+    license = package["license"],
+    description = package["description"],
+    long_description = long_description,
+    long_description_content_type = "text/markdown",
+    author = package["author"]["name"],
+    author_email = package["author"]["email"],
+    keywords = package["keywords"],
+    classifiers = [
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+        "Environment :: Web Environment",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Programming Language :: JavaScript",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Topic :: Documentation",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Documentation",
+        "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML"
+    ],
+    packages = find_packages(exclude = ["src", "src.*"]),
+    include_package_data = True,
+    install_requires = install_requires,
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    entry_points = {
+        "mkdocs.themes": [
+            "material = material"
+        ],
+        "mkdocs.plugins": [
+            "search = material.plugins.search.plugin:SearchPlugin",
+            "tags = material.plugins.tags.plugin:TagsPlugin"
+        ]
+    },
+    zip_safe = False
+)