diff --git a/rust/ruby-prism-sys/Cargo.toml b/rust/ruby-prism-sys/Cargo.toml
index edda0ed1fd..4578488af3 100644
--- a/rust/ruby-prism-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ruby-prism-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name = "ruby-prism-sys"
 version = "1.9.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/ruby/prism"
 description = "Rust bindings to Ruby's prism parsing library"
 links = "prism"
diff --git a/rust/ruby-prism/Cargo.toml b/rust/ruby-prism/Cargo.toml
index 426ae159dc..302780399c 100644
--- a/rust/ruby-prism/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ruby-prism/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name = "ruby-prism"
 version = "1.9.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/ruby/prism"
 description = "Rustified version of Ruby's prism parsing library"
 authors = [