diff --git a/R/parse_citation.R b/R/parse_citation.R
index b772d9cf..220e715c 100644
--- a/R/parse_citation.R
+++ b/R/parse_citation.R
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ guess_citation <- function(pkg){
   installed <- installed.packages()
   if(file.exists(file.path(pkg, "inst/CITATION"))){
     bib <- readCitationFile(file.path(pkg, "inst/CITATION"),
-                            meta = cm_read_dcf(file.path(pkg, "DESCRIPTION")))
+                            meta = desc::desc(file.path(pkg, "DESCRIPTION")))
     lapply(bib, parse_citation)
   } else if(pkg %in% installed[,1]){
     bib <- suppressWarnings(citation(pkg)) # don't worry if no date