diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-(The MIT License)
-
 Copyright (c) 2010 Jim Myhrberg.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54bd7d1..c1962cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ For more, please refer to the source code or the spec tests for now.
 
 ## Copyright
 
-(The MIT License)
-
 Copyright (c) 2010 Jim Myhrberg.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining