diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 825f6b8..dc2aa74 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6):
     raise RuntimeError('Requires Python 2.6 or better')
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')).read()
 info = open(os.path.join(here, 'inferno', 'lib', '__init__.py')).read()
 VERSION = re.compile(r".*__version__ = '(.*?)'", re.S).match(info).group(1)
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ setup(
     name='inferno',
     version=VERSION,
     description=('Inferno: a python map/reduce platform powered by disco.'),
-    long_description=README,
     keywords='inferno discoproject',
     author='Chango Inc.',
     author_email='dev@chango.com',