diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5f714421d3..8b22e33c6d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
      "spec/v1": 'https://zarr-specs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/v1/v1.0.html',
      "spec/v2": "https://zarr-specs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/v2/v2.0.html",
      "spec/v3": "https://zarr-specs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/v3/core/v3.0.html",
+     "license": "https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"
 }
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 82ed2889f4..4d6188d3a0 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Zarr-Python
     guide/index
     api/index
     release
-    license
     contributing
     roadmap
 
diff --git a/docs/license.rst b/docs/license.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f93aa7d66..0000000000
--- a/docs/license.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-License
-=======
-
-.. include:: ../LICENSE.txt