diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73e2610..3f13be4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from setuptools import setup
 
-ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
-
 packages = [
     'github',
 ]
@@ -21,11 +19,11 @@ setup(
     name='github',
     author='VarMonke & sudosnok',
     url='https://github.com/VarMonke/Github-Api-Wrapper',
-    version=re.search(r'\d[.]\d[.]\d', (ROOT_DIR / "github" / "__init__.py").read_text())[0],
+    version=re.search(r'\d[.]\d[.]\d', (Path('github') / '__init__.py').read_text())[0],
     packages=packages,
     license='MIT',
     description='An asynchronous python wrapper around the GitHub API',
-    long_description=(ROOT_DIR / "README.rst").read_text(),
-    install_requires=(ROOT_DIR / "requirements.txt").read_text().splitlines(),
+    long_description=Path('README.rst').read_text(),
+    install_requires=Path('requirements.txt').read_text().splitlines(),
     python_requires='>=3.8.0',
 )