diff --git a/MAKE_RELEASE.rst b/MAKE_RELEASE.rst
index 36e74a423..b2663e3e5 100644
--- a/MAKE_RELEASE.rst
+++ b/MAKE_RELEASE.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Prepare/make release on dev.
 * on local repo
    * git pull, check release tag is pulled
    * git checkout v3.0.0dev0
-   * python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --universal
+   * python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
    * twine upload dist/*  (upload to pypi)
    * Double check Read me docs are updated
       * trigger build https://readthedocs.org/projects/pymodbus/builds/
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f51ec2a38..06579c5ab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ upload_dir = build/sphinx/html
 
 
 [bdist_wheel]
-universal=1
 
 
 [tool:pytest]