diff --git a/crates/math/Cargo.toml b/crates/math/Cargo.toml
index a76fd36641a9..6aa9836509f6 100644
--- a/crates/math/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/math/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description = "Low-level math routines used in Wasmtime"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmtime-math"
 license = "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception"
 repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
-readme = "README.md"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true