From 5067594ca511827847ba99014aab5912dd904fba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Adams <cadams@loc.gov>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:18:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove README access from setup.py

---
 setup.py | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 551d247..f3cb3db 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from codecs import open
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@
 
 description = "Create and validate BagIt packages"
 
-with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as readme:
-    long_description = readme.read()
 
 tests_require = ["mock", "coverage"]
 
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ def get_message_catalogs():
     scripts=["bagit.py"],
     data_files=get_message_catalogs(),
     description=description,
-    long_description=long_description,
     platforms=["POSIX"],
     test_suite="test",
     setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],