diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0197cc6..b71439d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     author='Devashish Tripathi',
     author_email='devashishtripathi697@gmail.com',
     description='RAISING: A supervised deep learning framework for hyperparameter tuning and feature selection',
-    long_description=open("README.md", encoding="utf-8").read(),
+    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[