diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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@@ -20,9 +20,3 @@ The DifferentialEquations.jl package is licensed under the MIT "Expat" License:
 > CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
 > TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 > SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-Some finite element error calculation and mesh tools were derived from 
-with permission from L.Chen from the following notes:
-
-L. Chen. iFEM: an integrated finite element method package in MATLAB. 
-Technical Report, University of California at Irvine, 2009.