diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7e07b174..3a3388ad 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ setup(
     author='Ilya Kreymer',
     author_email='ikreymer@gmail.com',
     description='Pywb Webrecorder web archive replay and capture tools',
-    long_description_content_type='text/rst',
     long_description=get_long_description(),
     license='GPL',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests_disabled']),