diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/PATENTS b/PATENTS
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-scripts/PATENTS
rename to PATENTS
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 60965916d9e..90796e907d2 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   "files": [
     "bin",
     "config",
-    "PATENTS",
     "scripts",
     "template"
   ],