diff --git a/actix-server/Cargo.toml b/actix-server/Cargo.toml
index 446ee2356b..4015bd79ca 100644
--- a/actix-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name = "actix-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix server - General purpose tcp server"
-readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
 homepage = "https://actix.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-net.git"
diff --git a/actix-utils/Cargo.toml b/actix-utils/Cargo.toml
index f18fe954f7..4033cee282 100644
--- a/actix-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name = "actix-utils"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix utils - various actix net related services"
-readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
 homepage = "https://actix.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-net.git"