--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@
     ChangeLog.2018
     DOCUMENTERS
     HACKING
-    LICENSE
     NEWS
     README.dependencies
 )
@@ -932,21 +931,6 @@
   )
 endif()
 
-#Link LICENSE to COPYING so that people expecting to find it,
-#will. COPYING is normally linked by autogen.sh to the latest
-#automake-provided version.
-set (_CMD create_symlink)
-if (WIN32)
-  set(_CMD copy)
-endif()
-
-install(CODE
-" execute_process(
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E ${_CMD} LICENSE COPYING
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
-  )"
-)
-
 #For windows, copy in some DLLs from Mingw
 
 if (WIN32)