diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index bfbe477e7..a2b3aa334 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -807,7 +807,6 @@
     <copy todir="${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/yacy">
       <fileset dir=".">
         <include name="readme.txt"/>
-        <include name="gpl.txt"/>
         <include name="ChangeLog"/>
       	<include name="AUTHORS"/>
       	<include name="COPYRIGHT"/>