diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82a861055..2167f2a7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "djangorestframework"
+readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Tom Christie", email = "tom@tomchristie.com"}]
 license = {text = "BSD"}
 description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
@@ -42,10 +43,6 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "rest_framework.__version__"}
 
-[project.readme]
-file = "README.md"
-content-type = "text/markdown"
-
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://www.django-rest-framework.org/"
 Funding = "https://fund.django-rest-framework.org/topics/funding/"