diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0e5863e..a9f8ffb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 def read(f):
     here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    return open(os.path.join(here, f), encoding='utf-8').read().strip()
+    return open(os.path.join(here, f)).read().strip()
 
 
 setup(