diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 4603e72e8..3dd99cc51 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) ${year}, Cornell University
+Copyright (c) 2017, Cornell University
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without