diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 338e794..f5d8137 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ keywords = [
     "interop",
     "splat",
 ]
-license = "MIT OR APACHE-2.0"
-readme = "README.md"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rustfoundation/overloading-examples"
 # Requires #[rustc_splat] which was renamed in nightly-2026-07-31 (rust-lang/rust#159817)
 # FIXME: we can't specify nightly dates or the latest nightly here, update to 1.100 once 1.99 beta branches (20 August 2026)
diff --git a/cpp-hypot-overload/Cargo.toml b/cpp-hypot-overload/Cargo.toml
index 7f0a98c..c783582 100644
--- a/cpp-hypot-overload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cpp-hypot-overload/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ edition.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-readme.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/tuple-reflection/Cargo.toml b/tuple-reflection/Cargo.toml
index 63395c9..0e2390b 100644
--- a/tuple-reflection/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tuple-reflection/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ edition.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-readme.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true