diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index b7af9a7..83fa77e 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -6,21 +6,6 @@ Files: *
 Copyright: 2005 Joshua Keel <joshuakeel@gmail.com>
            2007 Jeremy Whiting <jeremy@scitools.com>
 License: GPL-2+
- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
- .
- This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
- .
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
- .
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
- Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
 
 Files: doc/*
 Copyright: 2005 Danny Allen