diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-bdist-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-bdist-linux.yml
index 185d7e5ce..56783f4df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-bdist-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-bdist-linux.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     # Build dist
     - name: Build the project
       run: |
-        rm dist/*
-        uv build
-        rm dist/*.tar.gz
+        uv build --wheel
 
     - name: Publish bdist to PyPI
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-sdist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-sdist.yml
index 923011751..5545368b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-sdist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi-sdist.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     # Build dist
     - name: Build the project
       run: |
-        uv build
-        rm dist/*whl
+        uv build --sdist
 
     - name: Publish sdist to PyPI
       env:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f920418df..60fa8a631 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 # ###################################
 
 
+# version: run_command(['git', 'describe'], capture:true, check:false).stdout().strip().split('-')[0],
+# https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html
 project(
   'tofu',
   'c', 'cpp', 'cython',
   license: 'MIT',
   meson_version: '>=1.8.3',
-  version: run_command(['git', 'describe'], capture:true, check:false).stdout().strip().split('-')[0],
-  # https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html
+  version: run_command(['python', 'tofu/version.py'], check:true).stdout().strip(),
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=release',
     'c_std=c11',
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a60d023c8..34ac44344 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dist = ['--include-subprojects']
 name = "tofu"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "1.8.17"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "TOmography for FUsion toolkit"
 authors = [
     {name = "Didier VEZINET", email = "didier.vezinet@gmail.com"},
diff --git a/tofu/_version.py b/tofu/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aefa9b159..000000000
--- a/tofu/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools-scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-
-__all__ = [
-    "__version__",
-    "__version_tuple__",
-    "version",
-    "version_tuple",
-    "__commit_id__",
-    "commit_id",
-]
-
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple
-    from typing import Union
-
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-    COMMIT_ID = Union[str, None]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-    COMMIT_ID = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-commit_id: COMMIT_ID
-__commit_id__: COMMIT_ID
-
-__version__ = version = '1.8.18.dev55+g47d94b532'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (1, 8, 18, 'dev55', 'g47d94b532')
-
-__commit_id__ = commit_id = 'g47d94b532'
diff --git a/tofu/version.py b/tofu/version.py
index 2e17740f1..914f60f82 100644
--- a/tofu/version.py
+++ b/tofu/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-# Do not edit, pipeline versioning governed by git tags!
 __version__ = '1.8.18'
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(__version__)