1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 27421d8b2..2af0535c3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,18 +12,14 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
-import os
-
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-try:
-    with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')) as f:
-        README = f.read()
-    with open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.txt')) as f:
-        CHANGES = f.read()
-except IOError:
-    README = CHANGES = ''
+def readfile(name):
+    with open(name) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+README = readfile('README.rst')
+CHANGES = readfile('CHANGES.txt')
 
 install_requires = [
     'setuptools',