diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/CYGWIN_LICENSE b/winsup/cygwin/CYGWIN_LICENSE
index 53369a297..721b2152f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/CYGWIN_LICENSE
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/CYGWIN_LICENSE
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
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 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
-your option) any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of