diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31c8d3ea..70fd2192 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 [project]
 name = "scikit-allel"
 requires-python = ">=3.6"
-dynamic = ["version", "description"]
+description = "A Python package for exploring and analysing genetic variation data."
+readme = "README.rst"
+repository = "https://github.com/cggh/scikit-allel"
+dynamic = ["version", "long_description"]
+
 
 [build-system]
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5cb588ed..bd7df264 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PACKAGE_NAME = "allel"
 
-DESCRIPTION = "A Python package for exploring and analysing genetic " "variation data."
+DESCRIPTION = "A Python package for exploring and analysing genetic variation data."
 
 with open("README.rst") as f:
     LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()