diff --git a/collects/file/md5.rkt b/collects/file/md5.rkt
index ea752602c7..fc065edc78 100644
--- a/collects/file/md5.rkt
+++ b/collects/file/md5.rkt
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright (c) 2005-2011, PLT Scheme Inc.
 ;;; Copyright (c) 2002, Jens Axel Soegaard
 ;;;
-;;; Permission to copy this software, in whole or in part, to use this software
-;;; for any lawful purpose, and to redistribute this software is hereby
-;;; granted.
+;;; Distributed under the same terms as Racket, by permission.
 ;;;
 ;;; md5.scm  --  Jens Axel Soegaard, 16 oct 2002
 
diff --git a/collects/racklog/COPYING b/collects/racklog/COPYING
index 50aebd4fa6..227bc058d1 100644
--- a/collects/racklog/COPYING
+++ b/collects/racklog/COPYING
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 Copyright (c) 1993-2001, Dorai Sitaram.
 All rights reserved.
 
-Permission to distribute and use this work for any
-purpose is hereby granted provided this copyright
-notice is included in the copy.  This work is provided
-as is, with no warranty of any kind.
+Distributed under the same terms as Racket, by permission.