diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5608b0dd0..22c67f620 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ setup(
     author='Alex Clark (fork author)',
     author_email='aclark@aclark.net',
     url='http://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow',
-    use_2to3=True,
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
         "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",