diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e4ece7d678ccdf4b08b76fc349d22aee9abcefa4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/license.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-New BSD License   :  BSD-3-Clause
-
-Copyright (c) 2025-15-04, The scikit-multimodallearn developers.
-All rights reserved.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
-  a. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-  b. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-  c. Neither the name of the IntertwiningWavelet developers nor the names of
-     its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
-     derived from this software without specific prior written
-     permission.
-
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
-AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
-IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
-ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
-SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
-CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
-LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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-DAMAGE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 00649a5a4728152439e2417a2fb2b5bb055a2b9e..d1452c324f2a7893d2f8e4e1b62355b34d24600c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
 requires-python = '>=3.6'
 
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-license-files = ["license.txt"]
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 readme = {file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
 description = 'A scikit-learn compatible package for multimodal Classifiers'
 authors = [