diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 700a7e5f..00000000
--- a/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-===
-GPy
-===
-
-The Gaussian processes framework in Python.
--------------------------------------------
-
-- `GPy homepage <http://sheffieldml.github.io/GPy/>`_
-- `Tutorial notebooks <http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/SheffieldML/notebook/blob/master/GPy/index.ipynb>`_
-- `User mailing-list <https://lists.shef.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/gpy-users>`_
-- `Developer documentation <http://gpy.readthedocs.org/en/devel/>`_
-- `Travis-CI unit-tests <https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy>`_
-- `License <https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>`_
-
-For full description and installation instructions please refer to the github page.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b38dbc60..97f294e8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,3 @@ universal = 1
 
 [upload_docs]
 upload-dir = doc/build/html
-
-[metadata]
-description-file = README.rst
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17205504..29bdfdef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,18 @@ def read_to_rst(fname):
     except ImportError:
         return read(fname)
 
-desc = read('README.rst')
+desc = """
+
+- `GPy homepage <http://sheffieldml.github.io/GPy/>`_
+- `Tutorial notebooks <http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/SheffieldML/notebook/blob/master/GPy/index.ipynb>`_
+- `User mailing-list <https://lists.shef.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/gpy-users>`_
+- `Developer documentation <http://gpy.readthedocs.org/en/devel/>`_
+- `Travis-CI unit-tests <https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy>`_
+- `License <https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>`_
+
+For full description and installation instructions please refer to the github page.
+
+"""
 
 version_dummy = {}
 exec(read('GPy/__version__.py'), version_dummy)