diff --git a/opensc.changes b/opensc.changes
index 0aca6a5..1b4b98d 100644
--- a/opensc.changes
+++ b/opensc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 12 22:58:46 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- move licenses to licensedir 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 27 19:27:30 UTC 2020 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/opensc.spec b/opensc.spec
index b297c17..4c1bcfe 100644
--- a/opensc.spec
+++ b/opensc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package opensc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ may require third party proprietary software.
 
 %install
 %make_install
-cp COPYING NEWS README %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
 # Private library.
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libopensc.so
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pkcs11/modules/opensc.module
@@ -79,10 +78,8 @@ install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pkcs11/modules/opensc.mo
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%doc %dir %{_docdir}/%{name}
-%license %{_docdir}/%{name}/COPYING
-%doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/NEWS
-%doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/README
+%license COPYING
+%doc NEWS README
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/tools.html
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/files.html
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/opensc.conf