diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 85026f6..38c47f3 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ inThisBuild(
     ),
     isSnapshot := (isSnapshot or version(_ endsWith "-SNAPSHOT")).value,
     description := "IPC: Unix Domain Socket and Windows Named Pipes for Java",
-    licenses := Seq("Apache 2" -> new URL("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")),
+    licenses := Seq("Apache 2" -> url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")),
     publishTo := {
       val nexus = "https://oss.sonatype.org/"
       if (isSnapshot.value) Some("snapshots" at nexus + "content/repositories/snapshots")