diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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+This project is dual-licensed under the UNLICENSE (see UNLICENSE) or
+the MIT license (see LICENSE-MIT).
+
+You may use the project under the terms of either license.
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@@ -19,8 +19,3 @@ Post discussion to the [mailing list](https://lists.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/gio) and pa
 account is required and you can post without being subscribed.
 
 See the [contribution guide](https://gioui.org/doc/contribute) for more details.
-
-
-## License
-
-Dual-licensed under [UNLICENSE](https://unlicense.org) or the [MIT](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).