diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index a62f3ad825834e..5b71fd3d6483c6 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1333,29 +1333,6 @@ The externally maintained libraries used by Node.js are:
     WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
   """
 
-- node-inspect, located at deps/node-inspect, is licensed as follows:
-  """
-    Copyright Node.js contributors. All rights reserved.
-
-    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.
-  """
-
 - large_pages, located at src/large_pages, is licensed as follows:
   """
      Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
diff --git a/tools/license-builder.sh b/tools/license-builder.sh
index e1790aca4978a8..6bce09803c9d16 100755
--- a/tools/license-builder.sh
+++ b/tools/license-builder.sh
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ addlicense "gtest" "test/cctest/gtest" "$(cat "${rootdir}"/test/cctest/gtest/LIC
 # nghttp2
 addlicense "nghttp2" "deps/nghttp2" "$(cat "${rootdir}"/deps/nghttp2/COPYING)"
 
-# node-inspect
-addlicense "node-inspect" "deps/node-inspect" "$(cat "${rootdir}"/deps/node-inspect/LICENSE)"
-
 # large_pages
 addlicense "large_pages" "src/large_pages" "$(sed -e '/SPDX-License-Identifier/,$d' -e 's/^\/\///' "${rootdir}"/src/large_pages/node_large_page.h)"