diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 28a99914..24602433 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 def read(*parts):
     """
-    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
+    Build an absolute path from *parts* and return the contents of the
     resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
     """
     with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f: