diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 4ae10f3bb..9d26ea26e 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = "CLI tool for developing, testing, and using Tree-sitter parsers"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-cli"
diff --git a/crates/config/Cargo.toml b/crates/config/Cargo.toml
index 641b434b3..66202a27f 100644
--- a/crates/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = "User configuration of tree-sitter's command line programs"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-config"
diff --git a/crates/generate/Cargo.toml b/crates/generate/Cargo.toml
index bf782b296..ce802ca05 100644
--- a/crates/generate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/generate/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = "Library for generating C source code from a tree-sitter grammar"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-generate"
diff --git a/crates/highlight/Cargo.toml b/crates/highlight/Cargo.toml
index cfce1fbbe..84a695718 100644
--- a/crates/highlight/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/highlight/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = "Library for performing syntax highlighting with Tree-sitter"
 authors = [ "Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>", "Tim Clem <timothy.clem@gmail.com>" ]
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-highlight"
diff --git a/crates/language/Cargo.toml b/crates/language/Cargo.toml
index 436d15325..57e1f7a33 100644
--- a/crates/language/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/language/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version = "1.90"
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-language"
diff --git a/crates/loader/Cargo.toml b/crates/loader/Cargo.toml
index 8e8181961..5aaa69003 100644
--- a/crates/loader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/loader/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = "Locates, builds, and loads tree-sitter grammars at runtime"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-loader"
diff --git a/crates/tags/Cargo.toml b/crates/tags/Cargo.toml
index d229e3049..0aab0a623 100644
--- a/crates/tags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tags/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = "Library for extracting tag information"
 authors = [ "Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>", "Patrick Thomson <patrickt@github.com>" ]
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-readme = "README.md"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tree-sitter-tags"