diff --git a/update_licenses.py b/update_licenses.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 96ee29126e3..00000000000
--- a/update_licenses.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-def main():
-    lines = open("licenses").readlines()
-
-    for line in lines:
-        filename, notice = line.split(":", 1)
-
-        pl = open(filename).readlines()
-
-        for line_number, line in enumerate(pl):
-            if line.startswith("# Copyright"):
-                break
-        else:
-            raise Exception(f"Could not find copyright line in {filename}")
-
-        pl.insert(line_number, notice)
-
-        open(filename, "w").writelines(pl)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()