diff --git a/pre-upload.py b/pre-upload.py
index 5320577..07ca533 100755
--- a/pre-upload.py
+++ b/pre-upload.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), '..', '..'))
 
 from chromite.lib import patch
-from chromite.licensing import licenses
 
 
 COMMON_INCLUDED_PATHS = [
@@ -449,33 +448,6 @@
   return None
 
 
-def _check_ebuild_licenses(_project, commit):
-  """Check if the LICENSE field in the ebuild is correct."""
-  affected_paths = _get_affected_files(commit)
-  touched_ebuilds = [x for x in affected_paths if x.endswith('.ebuild')]
-
-  # A list of licenses to ignore for now.
-  LICENSES_IGNORE = ['||', '(', ')', 'Proprietary', 'as-is']
-
-  for ebuild in touched_ebuilds:
-    # Skip virutal packages.
-    if ebuild.split('/')[-3] == 'virtual':
-      continue
-
-    try:
-      license_types = licenses.GetLicenseTypesFromEbuild(ebuild)
-    except ValueError as e:
-      return HookFailure(e.message, [ebuild])
-
-    # Also ignore licenses ending with '?'
-    for license_type in [x for x in license_types
-                         if x not in LICENSES_IGNORE and not x.endswith('?')]:
-      try:
-        licenses.Licensing.FindLicenseType(license_type)
-      except AssertionError as e:
-        return HookFailure(e.message, [ebuild])
-
-
 def _check_change_has_proper_changeid(project, commit):
   """Verify that Change-ID is present in last paragraph of commit message."""
   desc = _get_commit_desc(commit)
@@ -623,7 +595,6 @@
     _check_change_has_valid_cq_depend,
     _check_change_has_test_field,
     _check_change_has_proper_changeid,
-    _check_ebuild_licenses,
     _check_no_stray_whitespace,
     _check_no_long_lines,
     _check_license,