diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cca0d710d0152ce80ebde4709e5e4c6a53adc2bc..332d0a3f350e7be86e584c44583ebcfe36a33042 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import sys
 def read_stripped_lines(filename):
     """Return a list of stripped lines from a file"""
     with open(filename) as fobj:
-        return [l.strip() for l in fobj.readlines()]
+        return [line.strip() for line in fobj.readlines()]
 
 
 try: