diff --git a/docs/LICENSE b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/LICENSE
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 56e96df..40a01cd 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ url: https://metafacture.github.io/metafacture-documentation
 aux_links:
   Metafacture Documentation on Github: https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-documentation
 
+# External navigation links
+nav_external_links:
+  - title: LICENSE
+    url: https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/blob/master/LICENSE
+
 # Set a path/url to a logo that will be displayed instead of the title
 logo: "/assets/images/metafacture_small.png"
 favicon_ico: "/assets/images/favicon.ico"
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ favicon_ico: "/assets/images/favicon.ico"
 back_to_top: true
 back_to_top_text: "Back to top"
 
-footer_content: "Metafacture Documentation is maintained by the <a href=\"https://lobid.org/team-en/\">Open infrastructure team of hbz.</a>"
+footer_content: 'Metafacture Documentation is maintained by the <a href="https://lobid.org/team-en/">Open infrastructure team of hbz.</a>'
 
 # Footer last edited timestamp
 last_edit_timestamp: true # show or hide edit time - page must have `last_modified_date` defined in the frontmatter
@@ -48,4 +53,4 @@ callouts:
     color: purple
   warning:
     title: Warning
-    color: red  
\ No newline at end of file
+    color: red
diff --git a/docs/LICENSE.md b/docs/LICENSE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d56621..0000000
--- a/docs/LICENSE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: default
-title: LICENSE
-nav_order: 9
----
-
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2022 just-the-docs
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 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.