diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 25fb7c2d..b6e49aa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm install --ignore-scripts
       - run: npm run lint-cpp
       - run: npm run lint-js
-      - run: npm run lint-licensing
       - run: npm run lint-types
   build-native:
     permissions:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 115e3c4f..57174440 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,10 +95,9 @@
     "install": "node install/check.js",
     "clean": "rm -rf src/build/ .nyc_output/ coverage/ test/fixtures/output.*",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run test-unit",
-    "lint": "npm run lint-cpp && npm run lint-js && npm run lint-licensing && npm run lint-types",
+    "lint": "npm run lint-cpp && npm run lint-js && npm run lint-types",
     "lint-cpp": "cpplint",
     "lint-js": "biome lint",
-    "lint-licensing": "license-checker --production --summary --onlyAllow=\"Apache-2.0;BSD;ISC;LGPL-3.0-or-later;MIT\"",
     "lint-types": "tsd --files ./test/types/sharp.test-d.ts",
     "test-leak": "./test/leak/leak.sh",
     "test-unit": "node --experimental-test-coverage test/unit.mjs",
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@
     "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
     "icc": "^3.0.0",
     "jsdoc-to-markdown": "^9.1.2",
-    "license-checker": "^25.0.1",
     "node-addon-api": "^8.5.0",
     "node-gyp": "^11.4.2",
     "tar-fs": "^3.1.1",