diff --git a/lib/btree.c b/lib/btree.c
index a82100c73b55..49420cae3a83 100644
--- a/lib/btree.c
+++ b/lib/btree.c
@@ -794,4 +794,3 @@ module_exit(btree_module_exit);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");