diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 81a5194fa2..5cc635a046 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-NOTE! The LGPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, but
-the instance of code that it refers to (the FreeCAD libraries) are copyrighted 
-by the authors who actually wrote it.
-				   
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 		  GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 		       Version 2, June 1991