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setup.py

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ def run(self):
 
 required_packages = [
     'appdirs==1.4.0',
-    'setuptools-markdown==0.2',
     'prettytable==0.7.2',
     'colorlog==2.7.0',
     'python-dateutil==2.5.3',
@@ -52,7 +51,8 @@ def run(self):
     'url': 'http://counterparty.io',
     'license': 'MIT',
     'description': 'Counterparty Protocol Command-Line Interface',
-    'long_description': '',
+    'long_description': open('README.ms').read(),
+    'long_description_content_type': 'text/markdown',
     'keywords': 'counterparty,bitcoin',
     'classifiers': [
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def run(self):
     'provides': ['counterpartycli'],
     'packages': find_packages(),
     'zip_safe': False,
-    'setup_requires': ['setuptools-markdown',],
+    'setup_requires': [],
     'install_requires': required_packages,
     'entry_points': {
         'console_scripts': [
@@ -118,8 +118,5 @@ def run(self):
             'py2exe': py2exe
         }
     })
-# prepare PyPi package
-elif sys.argv[1] == 'sdist':
-    setup_options['long_description_markdown_filename'] = 'README.md'
 
 setup(**setup_options)