diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8f9ebc5..afbef58 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import os
 import io
 
-# long_description = io.open(
-    # os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8').read()
 
 with open(os.path.join(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'httpbin', 'VERSION')) as version_file:
     version = version_file.read().strip()
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ setup(
     name="httpbin",
     version=version,
     description="HTTP Request and Response Service",
-    # long_description=long_description,
+    long_description="A simple HTTP Request & Response Service, written in Python + Flask.",
 
     # The project URL.
     url='https://github.com/requests/httpbin',