diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37afb6f1b1..769bc66e1d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,20 +1,36 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from setuptools import setup
 from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import re
 
 stub_root = Path("circuitpython-stubs")
 stubs = [p.relative_to(stub_root).as_posix() for p in stub_root.glob("*.pyi")]
 
+git_out = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--tags"])
+version = git_out.strip().decode("utf-8")
+
+# Detect a development build and mutate it to be valid semver and valid python version.
+pieces = version.split("-")
+if len(pieces) > 2:
+    # Merge the commit portion onto the commit count since the tag.
+    pieces[-2] += "+" + pieces[-1]
+    pieces.pop()
+    # Merge the commit count and build to the pre-release identifier.
+    pieces[-2] += ".dev." + pieces[-1]
+    pieces.pop()
+version = "-".join(pieces)
+
 setup(
     name="circuitpython-stubs",
     description="PEP 561 type stubs for CircuitPython",
     url="https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython",
     maintainer="CircuitPythonistas",
+    maintainer_email="circuitpython@adafruit.com",
     author_email="circuitpython@adafruit.com",
-    use_scm_version=True,
+    version=version,
     license="MIT",
     package_data={"circuitpython-stubs": stubs},
     packages=["circuitpython-stubs"],
-    setup_requires=["setuptools>=38.6.0",
-                    "setuptools_scm"],
+    setup_requires=["setuptools>=38.6.0"],
 )