diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1dc5d4..6716a0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_as_Code) OctoDNS provides a s
 
 The architecture is pluggable and the tooling is flexible to make it applicable to a wide variety of use-cases. Effort has been made to make adding new providers as easy as possible. In the simple case that involves writing of a single `class` and a couple hundred lines of code, most of which is translating between the provider's schema and OctoDNS's. More on some of the ways we use it and how to go about extending it below and in the [/docs directory](/docs).
 
-It is similar to [Netflix/denominator](https://github.com/Netflix/denominator).
-
 ## Table of Contents
 
 - [DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers](#dns-as-code---tools-for-managing-dns-across-multiple-providers)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 850c110..c256ec5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ def long_description():
                 supported_providers = True
                 continue
             buf.write(line)
-    buf = buf.getvalue()
-    with open('/tmp/mod', 'w') as fh:
-        fh.write(buf)
-    return buf
+    return buf.getvalue()
 
 
 setup(