diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c12ed88b..ebb74f59d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 description = "Llama Stack"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-license = "MIT"
+license = { "text" = "MIT" }
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ install-wheel-from-presigned = "llama_stack.cli.scripts.run:install_wheel_from_p
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = {find = {}}
+license-files = []
 
 [[tool.uv.index]]
 name = "pytorch-cpu"