diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py
index 6bab89ff44..7c8f2ee853 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ class CourseSerializer(serializers.Serializer):  # pylint: disable=abstract-meth
     mobile_available = serializers.BooleanField()
     hidden = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     invitation_only = serializers.BooleanField()
-    license = serializers.CharField()
 
     # 'course_id' is a deprecated field, please use 'id' instead.
     course_id = serializers.CharField(source='id', read_only=True)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_serializers.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_serializers.py
index 8a0dd480b8..3d685f1817 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_serializers.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_serializers.py
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ from openedx.core.djangoapps.models.course_details import CourseDetails
 from xmodule.course_module import DEFAULT_START_DATE
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import check_mongo_calls
-from .mixins import CourseApiFactoryMixin
-from ..serializers import CourseDetailSerializer, CourseSerializer
 
-LICENSE = 'all-rights-reserved'
+from ..serializers import CourseDetailSerializer, CourseSerializer
+from .mixins import CourseApiFactoryMixin
 
 
 @attr(shard=3)
@@ -74,20 +73,11 @@ class TestCourseSerializer(CourseApiFactoryMixin, ModuleStoreTestCase):
             'mobile_available': False,
             'hidden': False,
             'invitation_only': False,
-            'license': LICENSE,
 
             # 'course_id' is a deprecated field, please use 'id' instead.
             'course_id': u'edX/toy/2012_Fall',
         }
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def create_course(**kwargs):
-        combined_kwargs = {
-            'license': LICENSE,
-        }
-        combined_kwargs.update(kwargs)
-        return CourseApiFactoryMixin.create_course(**combined_kwargs)
-
     def _get_request(self, user=None):
         """
         Build a Request object for the specified user.
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/migrations/0015_courseoverview_license.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/migrations/0015_courseoverview_license.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b88d2945c..0000000000
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/migrations/0015_courseoverview_license.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ('course_overviews', '0014_courseoverview_certificate_available_date'),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name='courseoverview',
-            name='license',
-            field=models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/models.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/models.py
index 405d528098..0284dea763 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/models.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/models.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CourseOverview(TimeStampedModel):
         app_label = 'course_overviews'
 
     # IMPORTANT: Bump this whenever you modify this model and/or add a migration.
-    VERSION = 7
+    VERSION = 6
 
     # Cache entry versioning.
     version = IntegerField()
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class CourseOverview(TimeStampedModel):
     eligible_for_financial_aid = BooleanField(default=True)
 
     language = TextField(null=True)
-    license = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def _create_or_update(cls, course):
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ class CourseOverview(TimeStampedModel):
         course_overview.self_paced = course.self_paced
 
         course_overview.language = course.language
-        course_overview.license = course.license or ''
 
         return course_overview
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/tests/test_course_overviews.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/tests/test_course_overviews.py
index 0cf11a9412..c42f285f77 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/tests/test_course_overviews.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/tests/test_course_overviews.py
@@ -508,17 +508,6 @@ class CourseOverviewTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(course_ids_to_overviews), 1)
         self.assertIn(course_with_overview_1.id, course_ids_to_overviews)
 
-    @ddt.data(
-        ('', '',),
-        (None, '',),
-        ('all-rights-reserved', 'all-rights-reserved',),
-    )
-    @ddt.unpack
-    def test_license(self, license, expected_value):
-        course = CourseFactory.create(emit_signals=True, license=license)
-        course_overview = CourseOverview.get_from_id(course.id)
-        self.assertEqual(course_overview.license, expected_value)
-
 
 @attr(shard=3)
 @ddt.ddt