diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2da4b28..ff07501 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ documentation = "https://docs.serde.rs/serde_bytes/"
 edition = "2018"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization", "no_std", "bytes"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/bytes"
 rust-version = "1.31"