diff --git a/libwebauthn/COPYING b/libwebauthn/COPYING
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..012065c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libwebauthn/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libwebauthn/Cargo.toml b/libwebauthn/Cargo.toml
index 83967846..de8a0b31 100644
--- a/libwebauthn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libwebauthn/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ authors = [
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.88"
 license = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-license-file = "../COPYING"
 readme = "../README.md"
 homepage = "https://github.com/linux-credentials"
 repository = "https://github.com/linux-credentials/libwebauthn"