diff --git a/src/LICENSE b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from src/LICENSE
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 08174091b8..429877576d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ install_only_libafs: only_libafs install_dirs
 
 dest: all dest_dirs
 	$(MAKE) build COMPILE_PART2B=dest
-	-${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/src/LICENSE ${DEST}/LICENSE
+	-${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/LICENSE ${DEST}/LICENSE
 
 dest_nolibafs: all_nolibafs dest_dirs
 	$(MAKE) build TARGET=finale_nolibafs COMPILE_PART2B=dest
-	-${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/src/LICENSE ${DEST}/LICENSE
+	-${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/LICENSE ${DEST}/LICENSE
 
 dest_only_libafs: only_libafs dest_dirs
 	$(MAKE) build TARGET=libafs COMPILE_PART2B=dest
-	-${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/src/LICENSE ${DEST}/LICENSE
+	-${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/LICENSE ${DEST}/LICENSE
 
 packages: dest
 	@case ${SYS_NAME} in \
diff --git a/README b/README
index e65d1c9038..f4bdf64371 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Copyright 2000, International Business Machines Corporation and others.
 All Rights Reserved.
 
 This software has been released under the terms of the IBM Public
-License.  For details, see the LICENSE file in the top-level source
+License.  For details, see the LICENSE file in the top-level
 directory or online at http://www.openafs.org/dl/license10.html
 
 Short instructions for sites upgrading from a previous version of AFS:
diff --git a/src/packaging/RedHat/openafs.spec.in b/src/packaging/RedHat/openafs.spec.in
index f8b5faa6e7..3a8659552f 100644
--- a/src/packaging/RedHat/openafs.spec.in
+++ b/src/packaging/RedHat/openafs.spec.in
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ tar cf - -C libafs_tree . | \
 	tar xf - -C $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/src/openafs-kernel-%{afsvers}/src
 
 # Next, copy the LICENSE Files, README
-install -m 644 src/LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/src/openafs-kernel-%{afsvers}/LICENSE.IBM
+install -m 644 LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/src/openafs-kernel-%{afsvers}/LICENSE.IBM
 install -m 644 src/packaging/RedHat/openafs-LICENSE.Sun $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/src/openafs-kernel-%{afsvers}/LICENSE.Sun
 install -m 644 src/packaging/RedHat/openafs-README $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/src/openafs-kernel-%{afsvers}/README