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diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata_license.py b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata_license.py
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index 1a7f09b747..0000000000
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata_license.py
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Checks related to the patch's LIC_FILES_CHKSUM  metadata variable
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-import base
-import os
-from data import PatchTestInput
-
-class License(base.Metadata):
-    metadata = 'LICENSE'
-    invalid_license = 'PATCHTESTINVALID'
-
-    def test_license_presence(self):
-        if not self.added:
-            self.skip('No added recipes, skipping test')
-
-        # TODO: this is a workaround so we can parse the recipe not
-        # containing the LICENSE var: add some default license instead
-        # of INVALID into auto.conf, then remove this line at the end
-        auto_conf = os.path.join(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR'), 'conf', 'auto.conf')
-        open_flag = 'w'
-        if os.path.exists(auto_conf):
-            open_flag = 'a'
-        with open(auto_conf, open_flag) as fd:
-            for pn in self.added:
-                fd.write('LICENSE ??= "%s"\n' % self.invalid_license)
-
-        no_license = False
-        for pn in self.added:
-            rd = self.tinfoil.parse_recipe(pn)
-            license = rd.getVar(self.metadata)
-            if license == self.invalid_license:
-                no_license = True
-                break
-
-        # remove auto.conf line or the file itself
-        if open_flag == 'w':
-            os.remove(auto_conf)
-        else:
-            fd = open(auto_conf, 'r')
-            lines = fd.readlines()
-            fd.close()
-            with open(auto_conf, 'w') as fd:
-                fd.write(''.join(lines[:-1]))
-
-        if no_license:
-            self.fail('Recipe does not have the LICENSE field set.')
-