diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35bc26c..2d22326 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /qpid-proton-0.37.0.tar.gz
 /qpid-proton-0.40.0.tar.gz
+/licenses.xml
diff --git a/licenses.xml b/licenses.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index adf8d70..0000000
--- a/licenses.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<licenseSummary>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <packageName>qpid-proton</packageName>
-      <version>0.40.0</version>
-      <licenses>
-        <license>
-          <name>Apache-2.0</name>
-          <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
-        </license>
-      </licenses>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</licenseSummary>
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5fd0a4a..551dfcf 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 SHA512 (qpid-proton-0.40.0.tar.gz) = ce24a92d623c9e56666128e243bc58acdbff8f7dfac1f728fdbd97a2c3ec21135b8c2a79c3e13920ca0d52545819766b90fc6aca35318b754eedf5ae5329ff36
+SHA512 (licenses.xml) = 0913244de2e851c46d1fe15d3f65e180149f9f56e1bb7b27b88aa89b3af37c94af88cf39545e61092d93fa28838fb99aa8b65d9ab1b4097dad075f636d4a01b8