diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb97f74fab..6d1ca9d8cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,39 @@ aggressive = 3
 in-place = true
 recursive = true
 
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.10"
+show_column_numbers = true
+show_error_context = true
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+follow_imports = "skip"
+incremental = true
+check_untyped_defs = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+# keep this in-sync with 'mypy.exclude' in '.pre-commit-config.yaml'
+files = [
+    "nova/compute/manager.py",
+    "nova/compute/pci_placement_translator.py",
+    "nova/crypto.py",
+    "nova/filesystem.py",
+    "nova/limit/local.py",
+    "nova/limit/placement.py",
+    "nova/network/neutron.py",
+    "nova/pci/*.py",
+    "nova/privsep/path.py",
+    "nova/scheduler/client/report.py",
+    "nova/scheduler/request_filter.py",
+    "nova/scheduler/utils.py",
+    "nova/virt/driver.py",
+    "nova/virt/hardware.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/machine_type_utils.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/__init__.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/__init__.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/api.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/core.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/event.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/host.py",
+    "nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py",
+]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9d837850ba..9c79f5c065 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -85,40 +85,6 @@ console_scripts =
     nova-spicehtml5proxy = nova.cmd.spicehtml5proxy:main
     nova-status = nova.cmd.status:main
 
-[mypy]
-show_column_numbers = true
-show_error_context = true
-ignore_missing_imports = true
-follow_imports = skip
-incremental = true
-check_untyped_defs = true
-warn_unused_ignores = true
-files =
-  nova/compute/manager.py,
-  nova/compute/pci_placement_translator.py,
-  nova/crypto.py,
-  nova/filesystem.py,
-  nova/limit/local.py,
-  nova/limit/placement.py,
-  nova/network/neutron.py,
-  nova/pci/*.py,
-  nova/privsep/path.py,
-  nova/scheduler/client/report.py,
-  nova/scheduler/request_filter.py,
-  nova/scheduler/utils.py,
-  nova/virt/driver.py,
-  nova/virt/hardware.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/machine_type_utils.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/__init__.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/__init__.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/api.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/core.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/event.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/host.py,
-  nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
-
 [codespell]
 skip = *.po,*.js,*.css,*.html,*.svg,HACKING.py,*hacking*,*build*,*_static*,doc/dictionary.txt,*.pyc,*.inv,*.gz,*.jpg,*.png,*.vsd,*.graffle,*.json
 count =