diff --git a/ghc-gio.spec b/ghc-gio.spec
index 69b39b1..84b2809 100644
--- a/ghc-gio.spec
+++ b/ghc-gio.spec
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ This package provides the Haskell %{pkg_name} library development files.
 %install
 %ghc_lib_install
 
-rm %{buildroot}%{ghc_pkgdocdir}/COPYING
-
 # demo files
 rm -r %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}-%{version}