diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bda44e7..7b422e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Add "DRAFTED" watermark to drafted posts.
 
+### Changed
+
+- Rename `show_read_time` to `show_reading_time`.
+- Use Zola's built-in reading time variable instead of the custom implementation (#102).
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix navbar mods having broken border radius.
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 2c20d41..fd3d64c 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -131,10 +131,7 @@ source_url = "https://codeberg.org/daudix/duckquill"
 # See https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/syntax-highlighting/
 show_copy_button = true
 # Whether to show estimated read time in posts.
-# Calculated using the simple math: number of words ÷ words per minute.
-show_read_time = true
-#
-# words_per_minute = 200
+show_reading_time = true
 #
 # Whether to show a share button in articles.
 # Uses https://shareopenly.org.
diff --git a/templates/article.html b/templates/article.html
index 880e6f8..d3f7dc9 100644
--- a/templates/article.html
+++ b/templates/article.html
@@ -45,24 +45,18 @@
 
 		<h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
 
-		{%- if page.authors or config.extra.show_read_time -%}
+		{%- if page.authors or config.extra.show_reading_time -%}
 			<p>
 				<small>
 					{%- if page.authors -%}
 						<span>{% include "partials/authors.html" -%}</span>
-						{%- if config.extra.show_read_time -%}
+						{%- if config.extra.show_reading_time -%}
 							<span> • </span>
 						{%- endif -%}
 					{%- endif -%}
 
-					{%- if config.extra.show_read_time -%}
-						{%- set words = page.content | striptags | safe | wordcount -%}
-						{%- set words_per_minute = config.extra.words_per_minute | default(value=200) -%}
-						{%- set number_of_minutes = words / words_per_minute | round -%}
-						{%- if number_of_minutes == 0 -%}
-							{%- set number_of_minutes = 1 -%}
-						{%- endif -%}
-						<span>{{ macros_translate::translate(key="minutes_read", number=number_of_minutes, default="$NUMBER minute read", language_strings=language_strings) }}</span>
+					{%- if config.extra.show_reading_time -%}
+						<span>{{ macros_translate::translate(key="minutes_read", number=page.reading_time, default="$NUMBER minute read", language_strings=language_strings) }}</span>
 						{%- if page.taxonomies -%}
 							<span> • </span>
 						{%- endif -%}