diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6974e251b24e473e17640f52b9e5cf342cc7a478..97666e2ed69f3aab05ef663c1e95861fbb8ff93d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Description: This package provides functions to obtain surrogate splits
     functions from the package rpart. Surrogate variables and
     corresponding adjusted agreement values are used for surrogate minimal
     depth variable importance and to investigate variable relations.
-License: use_mit_license()
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Imports:
     linkcomm,
     parallel,