diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c9bbb9..0000000
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2026 Max Lindqvist
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc6b4ac..f015ea9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Fields on uniform grids split over MPI ranks, with compiled linear gather and scatter for particle codes."
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = [ "cuda", "field", "mpi", "particle-in-cell", "plasma", "pyccel" ]
-license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" }
 authors = [ { name = "Max" } ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [