diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b49ed3a..3053b27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ py2vega.egg-info/*
 test/__pycache__/*
 py2vega/__pycache__/*
 .pytest_cache/*
+build/*
+dist/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 588db96..545f14f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 __AUTHOR__ = 'QuantStack dev team'
 
-readme = open('README.md').read()
-
 setup(
     name='py2vega',
     version='0.1.0',
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@
     url='https://github.com/QuantStack/py2vega',
     license='BSD 3-Clause',
     keywords='python vega vega-expression',
-    long_description=readme,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['test']),
     python_requires='>=3.5',
     install_requires=[],