diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a38d6bc75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["pbr>=6.1.1"]
+build-backend = "pbr.build"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f63cc23c52..0be93a5f6e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
 import setuptools
 
-setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
-    pbr=True)
+setuptools.setup(pbr=True)