diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b1f7a9..b5dd536 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 VERSION = '2.0.0'
 
 # read the contents of README.md
-this_directory = os.path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(os.path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
 
 if os.path.exists('MANIFEST'):