diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 288ac6991c..9a3c44afc1 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@
     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
-    In addition, as a special exception, the LyX Team gives permission to
-    link the code of this program with the XForms library (or with modified
-    versions of XForms that use the same license as XForms), and distribute
-    linked combinations including the two.  You must obey the GNU General
-    Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than XForms.
-    If you modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of
-    the file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so,
-    delete this exception statement from your version.
-
     The GNU General Public License version 2 is included below for your reference.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e84cbefabd..486aa656cf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-01-01  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* COPYING: remove the XForms exception.
+
 2005-12-30  Georg Baum  <Georg.Baum@post.rwth-aachen.de>
 
 	* configure.ac: fix version-suffix