1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index da572d5d..037f94bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 import pygments
 
-# PY24: use .rsplit
-index = pygments.__author__.rindex(' ')
-author, email = pygments.__author__[:index], pygments.__author__[index+1:]
-email = email[1:-1]
+author, email = pygments.__author__[:-1].split(' <')
 
 setup(
     name = 'Pygments',