diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index c5f79b7de..000000000
--- a/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2019 PowerShell Team
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/PSReadLine/License.txt b/License.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from PSReadLine/License.txt
rename to License.txt
diff --git a/PSReadLine.build.ps1 b/PSReadLine.build.ps1
index 4c066c508..fccb551b1 100644
--- a/PSReadLine.build.ps1
+++ b/PSReadLine.build.ps1
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ Synopsis: Copy all of the files that belong in the module to one place in the la
 #>
 task LayoutModule BuildMainModule, BuildMamlHelp, {
     $extraFiles =
+        'License.txt',
         'PSReadLine/Changes.txt',
-        'PSReadLine/License.txt',
         'PSReadLine/SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1',
         'PSReadLine/PSReadLine.format.ps1xml',
         'PSReadLine/PSReadLine.psm1'
diff --git a/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.csproj b/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.csproj
index cd75a8748..f55085310 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.csproj
+++ b/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.csproj
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     <None Include="PSReadLine.format.ps1xml" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
     <None Include="SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1" />
     <None Include="Changes.txt" />
-    <None Include="License.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\docs\about_PSReadLine.help.txt" Link="docs\about_PSReadLine.help.txt" />
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77c5d1acf..df0bca2fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ The change log is available [here](https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/blob
 
 PSReadLine is licensed under the [2-Clause BSD License][].
 
-[2-Clause BSD License]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/blob/master/PSReadLine/License.txt
+[2-Clause BSD License]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/blob/master/License.txt
 
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