diff --git a/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/default/pyproject.toml.j2 b/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/default/pyproject.toml.j2
index fbb5be80..34e04e6a 100644
--- a/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/default/pyproject.toml.j2
+++ b/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/default/pyproject.toml.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "{{ project_name }}"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "{{ description }}"
-readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "agentex-sdk",
diff --git a/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/sync/pyproject.toml.j2 b/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/sync/pyproject.toml.j2
index fbb5be80..34e04e6a 100644
--- a/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/sync/pyproject.toml.j2
+++ b/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/sync/pyproject.toml.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "{{ project_name }}"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "{{ description }}"
-readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "agentex-sdk",
diff --git a/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/temporal/pyproject.toml.j2 b/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/temporal/pyproject.toml.j2
index badfb929..57a850d3 100644
--- a/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/temporal/pyproject.toml.j2
+++ b/src/agentex/lib/cli/templates/temporal/pyproject.toml.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "{{ project_name }}"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "{{ description }}"
-readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "agentex-sdk",