diff --git a/scripts/release/assets/zip/LICENSE.md b/scripts/release/assets/zip/LICENSE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8791321c1f1..00000000000
--- a/scripts/release/assets/zip/LICENSE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Software License Agreement
-==========================
-
-**CKEditor 5** – https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5
-Copyright (c) 2003–2024, [CKSource Holding sp. z o.o.](https://cksource.com) All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the terms of [GNU General Public License Version 2 or later](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
-
-Sources of Intellectual Property Included in CKEditor
------------------------------------------------------
-
-Where not otherwise indicated, all CKEditor content is authored by CKSource engineers and consists of CKSource-owned intellectual property. In some specific instances, CKEditor will incorporate work done by developers outside of CKSource with their express permission.
-
-The following libraries are included in CKEditor under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT):
-
-* BlurHash - Copyright (c) 2018 Wolt Enterprises (MIT license).
-* color-convert - Copyright (c) 2011–2016 Heather Arthur , copyright (c) 2016–2021 Josh Junon .
-* color-parse - Copyright (c) 2015 Dmitry Ivanov.
-* Lodash - Copyright (c) JS Foundation and other contributors https://js.foundation/. Based on Underscore.js, copyright Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors http://underscorejs.org/.
-* Marked - Copyright (c) 2018+, MarkedJS (https://github.com/markedjs/), copyright (c) 2011–2018, Christopher Jeffrey (https://github.com/chjj/).
-* Turndown - Copyright (c) 2017+ Dom Christie.
-* turndown-plugin-gfm - Copyright (c) 2017+ Dom Christie.
-* vanilla-colorful - Copyright (c) 2020 Serhii Kulykov .
-
-Trademarks
-----------
-
-**CKEditor** is a trademark of [CKSource Holding sp. z o.o.](https://cksource.com) All other brand and product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.
diff --git a/scripts/release/preparepackages.mjs b/scripts/release/preparepackages.mjs
index bb20e00bfc4..1f75004bd7d 100644
--- a/scripts/release/preparepackages.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release/preparepackages.mjs
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ const tasks = new Listr( [
await fs.copy( './dist/browser', `./${ RELEASE_ZIP_DIRECTORY }/ckeditor5/` );
await fs.copy( './dist/translations', `./${ RELEASE_ZIP_DIRECTORY }/ckeditor5/translations/` );
await fs.copy( './scripts/release/assets/zip', `./${ RELEASE_ZIP_DIRECTORY }/` );
+ await fs.copy( './LICENSE.md', `./${ RELEASE_ZIP_DIRECTORY }/LICENSE.md` );
await fs.ensureDir( `./${ RELEASE_CDN_DIRECTORY }/zip` );