diff --git a/config/buildout-recipe/tox.ini.j2 b/config/buildout-recipe/tox.ini.j2
index 6bf8644..e5838e3 100644
--- a/config/buildout-recipe/tox.ini.j2
+++ b/config/buildout-recipe/tox.ini.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setenv =
     %(line)s
 {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
-    COVERAGE_PROCESS_START={toxinidir}/.coveragerc
+    COVERAGE_PROCESS_START={toxinidir}/pyproject.toml
 {% endif %}
 deps =
     coverage[toml]
diff --git a/config/default/MANIFEST.in.j2 b/config/default/MANIFEST.in.j2
index 8b0d72d..5d5d013 100644
--- a/config/default/MANIFEST.in.j2
+++ b/config/default/MANIFEST.in.j2
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ include *.txt
 include buildout.cfg
 include tox.ini
 include .pre-commit-config.yaml
-{% if config_type in ('buildout-recipe', 'c-code') %}
-include .coveragerc
-{% endif %}
 {% if with_docs %}
 
 recursive-include docs *.py
diff --git a/config/default/tox-release-check.j2 b/config/default/tox-release-check.j2
index db35b26..9ff2c9c 100644
--- a/config/default/tox-release-check.j2
+++ b/config/default/tox-release-check.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ description = ensure that the distribution is ready to release
 basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 deps =
+    setuptools %(setuptools_version_spec)s
     twine
     build
     check-manifest