diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ac76e6..6cbb2fd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def md2pypi(filename):
     url="https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib-jsonld",
     license="BSD",
     packages=["rdflib_jsonld"],
-    use_2to3=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms=["any"],
     classifiers=[