diff --git a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
index 0d666870..f9562d00 100644
--- a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "build", "wheel", "versioningit"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "build", "wheel", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ test = [
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["unicorn*"]
 
-[tool.versioningit]
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+root = '../../'
diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 6961f9b5..12d152ff 100755
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def build_libraries():
 
     has_msbuild = shutil.which('msbuild') is not None
     conf = 'Debug' if int(os.getenv('DEBUG', 0)) else 'Release'
-    cmake_args = ['cmake', '-B', BUILD_DIR, "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" + conf]
+    cmake_args = ['cmake', '-B', BUILD_DIR, "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" + conf, "-DUNICORN_BUILD_TESTS=off"]
     if os.getenv("UNICORN_TRACER"):
         cmake_args += ["-DUNICORN_TRACER=on"]
     if conf == 'Debug':