diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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-import setuptools
-
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-    long_description = file.read()
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    name="reddit-post-scraping-tool",
-    version="1.3.0.1",
-    author="Richard Mwewa",
-    author_email="rly0nheart@duck.com",
-    packages=["reddit_post_scraping_tool"],
-    description="Given a subreddit name and a keyword, this program returns all top (by default) posts that contain the specified word.",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool",
-    license="MIT License",
-    install_requires=["rich", "requests"],
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Natural Language :: English',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3'
-        ],
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": [
-            "reddit_post_scraping_tool=reddit_post_scraping_tool.main:main",
-        ]
-    },
-)