diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 773de32dd9..0766738044 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ Files: lib/libcurl.vers.in
 Copyright: Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 License: curl
 
-Files: mlc_config.json
-Copyright: Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
-License: curl
-
 Files: packages/OS400/README.OS400
 Copyright: Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 License: curl
diff --git a/mlc_config.json b/mlc_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 252d5bc449..0000000000
--- a/mlc_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "_comment": "Config file for linkcheck: If urls have some issues we can not fix on our end past it in here. MLC will ignore this.",
-  "ignorePatterns": [
-    {
-      "pattern": ""
-    }
-  ]
-}