diff --git a/addtoany.module b/addtoany.module
index 699b15b2f2997ab3d1ab4210e386010b43b373bf..595bea1cc43b612ad54d3e56fec7953a94c81fee 100644
--- a/addtoany.module
+++ b/addtoany.module
@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@ use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\UrlHelper;
 
-/**
- * Implements hook_permission().
- */
-function addtoany_permission() {
-  return array(
-    'administer addtoany' => array(
-      'title' => t('Administer addtoany'),
-      'description' => t('Perform administration tasks for the AddToAny module.'),
-    ),
-  );
-}
-
 /**
 * Implements hook_theme().
 */
diff --git a/addtoany.permissions.yml b/addtoany.permissions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b8be1e0579048629438579c4e0e474558ef9206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addtoany.permissions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Permissions for the addtoany module
+'administer addtoany':
+  title: 'Administer AddToAny'
+  description: 'Perform administration tasks for the AddToAny module.'