diff --git a/betterproto2/pyproject.toml b/betterproto2/pyproject.toml
index c13dde4..f8049f5 100644
--- a/betterproto2/pyproject.toml
+++ b/betterproto2/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ authors = [
 ]
 keywords = ["protobuf", "gRPC"]
 license = "MIT"
-readme = "../README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 dependencies = [
     "python-dateutil>=2.9.0.post0",
diff --git a/betterproto2_compiler/pyproject.toml b/betterproto2_compiler/pyproject.toml
index 342657d..28b87fb 100644
--- a/betterproto2_compiler/pyproject.toml
+++ b/betterproto2_compiler/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Daniel G. Taylor", email = "danielgtaylor@gmail.com" },
 ]
 license = "MIT"
-readme = "../README.md"
 keywords = [
     "protobuf",
     "gRPC",