diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 4fb47c637..30e73c075 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ recursive-include docs *.txt
 recursive-include docs BUILDME
 recursive-include docs COPYING
 recursive-include docs Guardfile
-recursive-include docs LICENSE
 recursive-include docs Makefile
 recursive-include libImaging *.c
 recursive-include libImaging *.h