diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 89512f4f..08b4fc06 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ include-package-data = true
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "*" = ["py.typed", "**/*.yaml", "**/*.json"]
 "reme.components.tokenizer" = ["stopwords"]
-"reme.steps.compaction" = ["LICENSE.compaction"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = { attr = "reme.__version__" }
diff --git a/reme/steps/compaction/LICENSE.compaction b/reme/steps/compaction/LICENSE.compaction
deleted file mode 100644
index bf0741ff..00000000
--- a/reme/steps/compaction/LICENSE.compaction
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Algorithm portions adapted from https://github.com/tamaratran/fast-jev-compaction
-Reference commit: e3f262a
-
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2025
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/reme/steps/compaction/messages.py b/reme/steps/compaction/messages.py
index 9b06b558..8bedc774 100644
--- a/reme/steps/compaction/messages.py
+++ b/reme/steps/compaction/messages.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-"""Pair and rebuild AgentScope blocks without rewriting conversation text.
-
-Algorithm attribution and MIT license: see LICENSE.compaction.
-"""
+"""Pair and rebuild AgentScope blocks without rewriting conversation text."""
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from copy import deepcopy
diff --git a/reme/steps/compaction/state.py b/reme/steps/compaction/state.py
index 472ab562..559e8ee4 100644
--- a/reme/steps/compaction/state.py
+++ b/reme/steps/compaction/state.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-"""Bound the decision model's observation view without changing output messages.
-
-Algorithm attribution and MIT license: see LICENSE.compaction.
-"""
+"""Bound the decision model's observation view without changing output messages."""
 
 import json
 import re