diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 75adda4ca..33caf1649 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://crates.io"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/cargo"
-readme = "README.md"
 description = """
 Cargo, a package manager for Rust.
 """
diff --git a/crates/home/Cargo.toml b/crates/home/Cargo.toml
index 6c65ecc18..15148a89a 100644
--- a/crates/home/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/home/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ include = [
     "/README.md",
 ]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo"
 description = "Shared definitions of home directories."