diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f34db353..05990c87 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Authors@R:
 Description: 
     Automatically check metadata compliance for hybrid open access (OA).
     Includes a webapp to send compliance reports by email.
-License: MIT + file LICENSE
+License: MIT
+Language: en
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe45578..00000000
--- a/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-YEAR: 2020
-COPYRIGHT HOLDER: Najko Jahn