diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 28cb4f8..d159169 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-The Emacs Lisp code in this directory is licensed under the
-GNU General Public License, version 2. The license is as follows:
-
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991