diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87a64c5c06cdbb81e017bd305a1aa4654ec784ff..fc957a22730cb2a305cb0f54e8524abaa0ed8681 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import setuptools
 
-with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
 setuptools.setup(
     name="x2paddle",
     version="dev-0.4",
@@ -10,7 +7,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
     author_email="dltp-sz@baidu.com",
     description=
     "a toolkit for converting trained model to PaddlePaddle from other deep learning frameworks.",
-    long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/x2paddle",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),