diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index acf620ee132..349363baa50 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -91,18 +91,10 @@ Copyright (C) 2010-2019 The ESPResSo project
 
 Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Theory Group
 
-This file is part of ESPResSo.
-
 ESPResSo is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 option) any later version.
 
-ESPResSo is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
+You should have received a [copy](COPYING) of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.