diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 84253d2fb01..48dfeed93da 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name = "rustfmt-nightly"
 version = "1.10.0"
 description = "Tool to find and fix Rust formatting issues"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt"
-readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 build = "build.rs"
 categories = ["development-tools"]