diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5c59d2af..68ea02d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ authors = ["Gero Gerke <11deutron11@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "InfluxDB Driver for Rust"
 keywords = ["influxdb", "database", "influx"]
-license-file = "LICENSE.md"
+license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
-include = ["src/**/*", "tests/**/*", "Cargo.toml", "LICENSE.md"]
+include = ["src/**/*", "tests/**/*", "Cargo.toml", "LICENSE"]
 repository = "https://github.com/Empty2k12/influxdb-rust"
 
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diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE
similarity index 98%
rename from LICENSE.md
rename to LICENSE
index 56d10297..5a027a32 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-The MIT License
-
 Copyright (c) 2019 Gero Gerke https://gero.dev/
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy