diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
index 8f4f53585a..e9cd58a5e4 100644
--- a/license.txt
+++ b/license.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2009 Slava Pestov and friends.
-
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: