Rework how to handle long_description_content_type

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/dist.py b/setuptools/dist.py
index 48c7a456..8148df95 100644
--- a/setuptools/dist.py
+++ b/setuptools/dist.py
@@ -58,11 +58,8 @@ def write_pkg_file(self, file):
     if self.download_url:
         file.write('Download-URL: %s\n' % self.download_url)
 
-    long_desc_content_type = getattr(
-        self,
-        'long_description_content_type',
-        None
-    ) or 'UNKNOWN'
+    long_desc_content_type = \
+        self.long_description_content_type or 'UNKNOWN'
     file.write('Description-Content-Type: %s\n' % long_desc_content_type)
 
     long_desc = rfc822_escape(self.get_long_description())
@@ -324,20 +321,15 @@ class Distribution(Distribution_parse_config_files, _Distribution):
         self.dist_files = []
         self.src_root = attrs.pop("src_root", None)
         self.patch_missing_pkg_info(attrs)
-        self.long_description_content_type = attrs.get(
-            'long_description_content_type'
-        )
         self.dependency_links = attrs.pop('dependency_links', [])
         self.setup_requires = attrs.pop('setup_requires', [])
         for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('distutils.setup_keywords'):
             vars(self).setdefault(ep.name, None)
         _Distribution.__init__(self, attrs)
 
-        try:
-            self.metadata.long_description_content_type
-        except AttributeError:
-            self.metadata.long_description_content_type = \
-                self.long_description_content_type
+        self.metadata.long_description_content_type = attrs.get(
+            'long_description_content_type'
+        )
 
         if isinstance(self.metadata.version, numbers.Number):
             # Some people apparently take "version number" too literally :)