diff --git a/lib/licence/SpectralAnalysisLicence.jar b/lib/licence/SpectralAnalysisLicence.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 77adbc1..0000000
Binary files a/lib/licence/SpectralAnalysisLicence.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/licence/public.key b/lib/licence/public.key
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index fcbc51c..0000000
Binary files a/lib/licence/public.key and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/util/canUseJSpectralAnalysis.m b/src/util/canUseJSpectralAnalysis.m
index 679a27a..dd21937 100644
--- a/src/util/canUseJSpectralAnalysis.m
+++ b/src/util/canUseJSpectralAnalysis.m
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 % Check if old versions of Java are used, and if so then we can't use the
 % fast methods in JSpectralAnalysis (uses Java 7)
 if(~isempty(strfind(version('-java'), '1.6')) || ...
-    ~isempty(strfind(version('-java'), '1.5')) || ...
-    ~isValidLicence())
+    ~isempty(strfind(version('-java'), '1.5')))
     can = false;
 else
     can = true;
diff --git a/src/util/isValidLicence.m b/src/util/isValidLicence.m
deleted file mode 100644
index 321ed22..0000000
--- a/src/util/isValidLicence.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-function valid = isValidLicence()
-
-valid = false;
-
-licenceJar = 'SpectralAnalysisLicence.jar';
-
-found = checkJAROnPath(licenceJar);
-
-pathstr = getLibraryPath();
-
-if(~found)
-    javaaddpath([pathstr 'licence' filesep licenceJar]);
-    
-    % Check that it has been added to the path now, and if not throw an
-    % exception
-    found = checkJAROnPath(licenceJar);
-    
-    if(~found)
-        exception = MException('addJARsToClassPath:FailedToAddJAR', ...
-            ['Failed to add JAR file '''  'licence/' licenceJar ''', please ensure that it exists.']);
-        throw(exception);
-    end
-end
-
-if(isdeployed())
-    licenceFile = [ctfroot() filesep '..' filesep 'SpectralAnalysis.lic'];
-else
-    licenceFile = [pathstr 'licence' filesep 'SpectralAnalysis.lic'];
-end
-
-if(exist(licenceFile, 'file'))
-    fid = fopen(licenceFile, 'r');
-    signature = fread(fid, Inf, '*char');
-    fclose(fid);
-    
-    licenceCheck = com.alanmrace.spectralanalysislicence.EncryptLibrary([pathstr 'licence' filesep 'public.key']);
-    
-    if(licenceCheck.checkLicence(signature))
-        valid = true;
-    end
-end
-
-valid = true;
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