diff --git a/src/cmd/flux-job.c b/src/cmd/flux-job.c
index b0821441d1b4..b1273012fd95 100644
--- a/src/cmd/flux-job.c
+++ b/src/cmd/flux-job.c
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  *  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the license, or (at your option)
- *  any later version.  Additionally, the libflux-core library may be
- *  redistributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
- *  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the license,
- *  or (at your option) any later version.
+ *  any later version.
  *
  *  Flux is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY or