diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8ac2f13de..5aef279b9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-# This flag says that the code is written to work on both Python 2 and Python
-# 3. If at all possible, it is good practice to do this. If you cannot, you
-# will need to generate wheels for each Python version that you support.
-universal=1
-
 [metadata]
 description-file = README.rst