diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 425555b..ba99e2e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
     license='MIT',
     keywords='twitter, geocode',
     description='Command line scripts for geocoding tweets from twitter.com and for downloading embedded photos.',
-    long_description=read('README.txt'),
     install_requires = ['TwitterAPI>=2.1', 'pygeocoder', 'fridge', 'tzwhere']
 )