diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/changelog.d/18217.added b/datadog_checks_dev/changelog.d/18217.added
deleted file mode 100644
index 68f2284e74353..0000000000000
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/changelog.d/18217.added
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add new `ddtrace` license to known licenses
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/validate/licenses.py b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/validate/licenses.py
index ba8f00253459c..bbc03a1594e09 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/validate/licenses.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/validate/licenses.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
     'bsd': 'BSD-3-Clause',
     'bsd license': 'BSD-3-Clause',
     '3-clause bsd license': 'BSD-3-Clause',
-    'LICENSE.BSD3': 'BSD-3-Clause',
     'new bsd license': 'BSD-3-Clause',
     'mit license': 'MIT',
     'psf': 'PSF',