diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e95834949b4..6293d331477 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[wheel]
-universal = 1
-
 [tool:pytest]
 python_files=test_*.py
 testpaths=xarray/tests properties