diff --git a/dbbackup/__init__.py b/dbbackup/__init__.py
index 6ed1762a..c04d41f5 100644
--- a/dbbackup/__init__.py
+++ b/dbbackup/__init__.py
@@ -2,11 +2,5 @@
 
 import django
 
-VERSION = (3, 3, 0)
-__version__ = '.'.join([str(i) for i in VERSION])
-__author__ = 'Michael Shepanski'
-__email__ = 'mjs7231@gmail.com'
-__url__ = 'https://github.com/django-dbbackup/django-dbbackup'
-
 if django.VERSION < (3, 2):
     default_app_config = 'dbbackup.apps.DbbackupConfig'
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 32a9fc99..e9e085e2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changelog
-=====
+=========
 
-Unreleased
------------
+4.0.0b0 (2021-12-19)
+--------------------
 
 * Fix RemovedInDjango41Warning related to default_app_config `#413`_
 * Add authentication database support for MongoDB `#379`_
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Unreleased
 * Fix authentication error when postgres is password protected `#361`_
 * Use exclude-table-data instead of exclude-table `#363`_
 * Add support for exclude tables data in the command interface `#375`_
+* Move author and version information into setup.py to allow building package in isolated
+  environment (e.g. with the ``build`` package). `#414`_
 * Documentation fixes `#341`_ `#333`_ `#349`_ `#348`_ `#337`_ `#411`_
 
 
@@ -61,3 +63,4 @@ Unreleased
 .. _`#379`: https://github.com/django-dbbackup/django-dbbackup/pull/379
 .. _`#411`: https://github.com/django-dbbackup/django-dbbackup/pull/411
 .. _`#413`: https://github.com/django-dbbackup/django-dbbackup/pull/413
+.. _`#414`: https://github.com/django-dbbackup/django-dbbackup/pull/414
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 44993dee..b5e7a52b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import dbbackup
 
 
 def get_requirements():
@@ -24,16 +23,16 @@ def get_test_requirements():
 
 setup(
     name='django-dbbackup',
-    version=dbbackup.__version__,
-    description=dbbackup.__doc__,
-    author=dbbackup.__author__,
-    author_email=dbbackup.__email__,
+    version="4.0.0b0",
+    description='Management commands to help backup and restore a project database and media',
+    author='Michael Shepanski',
+    author_email='mjs7231@gmail.com',
     long_description=project_dir.joinpath("README.rst").read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=get_requirements(),
     tests_require=get_test_requirements(),
     license='BSD',
-    url=dbbackup.__url__,
+    url='https://github.com/django-dbbackup/django-dbbackup',
     keywords=keywords,
     packages=find_packages(),
     classifiers=[