diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f2bc4512..000000000
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-comment: false
-coverage:
-  status:
-    project:
-      default:
-        target: 90
-        threshold: 10%
-    patch:
-      default:
-        threshold: 25%
diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index cca27a875..000000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-branch = True
-source = dvc
-omit =
-    *__main__.py
-
-[report]
-exclude_lines =
-    if __name__ == .__main__.:
-    if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    pass
-    raise NotImplementedError
-    # pragma: no cover
-    #  pragma: no cover
-    \.\.\.$
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/packages.yaml
index a1b71498e..f85667301 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packages.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install deps
       run: |
-        pip install -U wheel pip setuptools
+        pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
         pip install .[all]
         pip install -r scripts/build-requirements.txt
 
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ jobs:
         python-version: 3.8
 
     - name: Install
-      run: pip install -U wheel pip build setuptools_scm
+      run: pip install --upgrade pip wheel
 
     - name: Force version for Test PyPI uploads
       if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}
-      run: echo version=$(python -m setuptools_scm | awk -F+ '{print $1}' | tail -1) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      run: |
+        pip install setuptools_scm
+        echo version=$(python -m setuptools_scm | awk -F+ '{print $1}' | tail -1) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Build packages
       run: ./scripts/build_package.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index e76f0a7e6..b02b30373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-path: pyproject.toml
     - name: Install requirements
       run: |
-        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        pip install collective.checkdocs==0.2
+        pip install --upgrade pip wheel
         pip install ".[dev]"
-    - name: Check README
-      run: python setup.py checkdocs
     - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
   tests:
     timeout-minutes: 45
@@ -67,13 +64,12 @@ jobs:
         cache: pip
         cache-dependency-path: pyproject.toml
     - name: install
-      if: steps.cache.pip-cache-dir.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
-        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        pip install --upgrade pip wheel
         pip install -e ".[dev]"
     - name: run tests
       timeout-minutes: 20
-      run: pytest -nauto -ra --durations 100 --cov=dvc --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term -k "${{ matrix.pytest-filter }}"
+      run: pytest -nauto --durations 100 --cov --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term -k "${{ matrix.pytest-filter }}"
     - name: upload coverage report
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
       with:
@@ -81,9 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         fail_ci_if_error: false
   notify:
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && failure()
-    needs:
-      - lint
-      - tests
+    needs: [lint, tests]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Slack Notification
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index de1a24c8d..000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-include LICENSE
-recursive-include requirements *.txt
-recursive-include dvc/repo/plots/templates *.json
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c1770920..dc988187a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ dvc = "dvc.api:DVCFileSystem"
 [tool.setuptools]
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-exclude = ["tests", "tests.*"]
+[tool.setuptools.packages]
+find = {namespaces = false, exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]}
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "dvc/_dvc_version.py"
@@ -163,13 +163,33 @@ line_length = 79
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 log_level = "debug"
-addopts = "-ra -p no:hydra_pytest"
+addopts = "-ra -p no:hydra_pytest --cov-config pyproject.toml"
 markers = [
     "needs_internet: Might need network access for the tests",
     "vscode: Tests verifying contract between DVC and VSCode plugin",
     "studio: Tests verifying contract between DVC and Studio",
 ]
 xfail_strict = true
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+branch = true
+source = ["dvc", "tests"]
+
+[tool.coverage.paths]
+source = ["dvc"]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+show_missing = true
+exclude_lines = [
+    "pragma: no cover",
+    "if __name__ == .__main__.:",
+    "if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:",
+    "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
+    "raise NotImplementedError",
+    "raise AssertionError",
+    "@overload",
+]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 # Error output
diff --git a/scripts/build_package.sh b/scripts/build_package.sh
index 2b3501bc7..cdc6b9e35 100755
--- a/scripts/build_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_package.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ fi
 
 echo 'PKG = "pip"' >dvc/utils/build.py
 
-python -m pip install -U build setuptools>=61
+python -m pip install build twine
 python -m build
+twine check dist/*
diff --git a/scripts/pypi_upload.sh b/scripts/pypi_upload.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 64ee9e36c..000000000
--- a/scripts/pypi_upload.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-if [ ! -d "dvc" ]; then
-  echo "Please run this script from repository root"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-rm -rf dist/
-pip install twine
-python -m pip install -U build setuptools>=58.2
-python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
-twine upload dist/*