diff --git a/etc/images/mail/README b/etc/images/mail/README
index 32612058042..c7fcecc6885 100644
--- a/etc/images/mail/README
+++ b/etc/images/mail/README
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ but distributed and used by Emacs.
   Tor Lillqvist, Garrett LeSage, Dennis Cranston, Jody Goldberg, Luca
   Ferretti, Mark Finlay, Lapo Calamandrei, Andreas Nilsson and Marco
   Pesenti Gritti
-  License: GNU General Public License version 2 (see COPYING)
+  License: GNU General Public License version 2
 
 Emacs images and their GNOME source (GNOME icons are from stock/net/
 directory unless otherwise stated):