diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 68ebb3d..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-description-file = DESCRIPTION.rst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index deb405b..caaf376 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 
+with open(path.join(here, 'DESCRIPTION.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+
 setup(
     name='authorizenet',
 
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@
     version='1.1.5',
 
     description='Authorize.Net Python SDK',
+    long_description=long_description,
 
     # The project's main homepage.
     url='https://github.com/AuthorizeNet/sdk-python',