diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a41c5c..77e832c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools_scm"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-version_scheme = "only-version" 
-local_scheme = "no-local-version"
-
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 exclude = ["test"]
 
@@ -17,7 +13,7 @@ authors = [
 maintainers = [
   {name = "Analysis Standards and Pipelines", email = "ASAP@ons.gov.uk"}
 ]
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "1.2.0"
 requires-python = '>=3.7'
 description = 'Simplifying good practice in statistical tables.'
 readme = "README.rst"