diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5deb92281475b..e24704e24c5cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,3 +67,38 @@ markers = [
   "arm_slow: mark a test as slow for arm64 architecture",
   "arraymanager: mark a test to run with ArrayManager enabled",
 ]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+platform = "linux-64"
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+no_implicit_optional = true
+check_untyped_defs = true
+strict_equality = true
+warn_redundant_casts = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+show_error_codes = true
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = [
+  "pandas.tests.*",
+  "pandas._version",
+  "pandas.io.clipboard",
+]
+check_untyped_defs = false
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = [
+  "pandas.tests.apply.test_series_apply",
+  "pandas.tests.arithmetic.conftest",
+  "pandas.tests.arrays.sparse.test_combine_concat",
+  "pandas.tests.dtypes.test_common",
+  "pandas.tests.frame.methods.test_to_records",
+  "pandas.tests.groupby.test_rank",
+  "pandas.tests.groupby.transform.test_transform",
+  "pandas.tests.indexes.interval.test_interval",
+  "pandas.tests.indexing.test_categorical",
+  "pandas.tests.io.excel.test_writers",
+  "pandas.tests.reductions.test_reductions",
+  "pandas.tests.test_expressions",
+]
+ignore_errors = true
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 566248156cdc8..dca65be27ab77 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -205,58 +205,3 @@ force_grid_wrap = True
 force_sort_within_sections = True
 skip_glob = env,
 skip = pandas/__init__.py
-
-[mypy]
-platform = linux-64
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-no_implicit_optional = True
-check_untyped_defs = True
-strict_equality = True
-warn_redundant_casts = True
-warn_unused_ignores = True
-show_error_codes = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.*]
-check_untyped_defs = False
-
-[mypy-pandas._version]
-check_untyped_defs = False
-
-[mypy-pandas.io.clipboard]
-check_untyped_defs = False
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.apply.test_series_apply]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.arithmetic.conftest]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.arrays.sparse.test_combine_concat]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.dtypes.test_common]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.frame.methods.test_to_records]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.groupby.test_rank]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.groupby.transform.test_transform]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.indexes.interval.test_interval]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.indexing.test_categorical]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.io.excel.test_writers]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.reductions.test_reductions]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-pandas.tests.test_expressions]
-ignore_errors = True