diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index e6eecee0..e69cf7e6 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-(Note that individual files might have a different license than this
-one, but this one is the overall project license.)
-
 		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 		       Version 2, June 1991