diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{{'.pre-commit-config.yaml' if cookiecutter.license_checker == 'y'}} b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pre-commit-config.yaml
similarity index 89%
rename from {{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{{'.pre-commit-config.yaml' if cookiecutter.license_checker == 'y'}}
rename to {{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1263db6..b4c8fcd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{{'.pre-commit-config.yaml' if cookiecutter.license_checker == 'y'}}	
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
         args: [--install-types, --non-interactive, --ignore-missing-imports, --show-error-codes]
+{%- if cookiecutter.license_checker != "n" -%}
 -   repo: https://github.com/ubersan/pylic
     rev: v3.5.0
     hooks:
-    -  id: pylic
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+    -  id: pylic
+{% endif %}
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{{'.pre-commit-config.yaml' if cookiecutter.license_checker == 'n'}} b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{{'.pre-commit-config.yaml' if cookiecutter.license_checker == 'n'}}
deleted file mode 100644
index b904646..0000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{{'.pre-commit-config.yaml' if cookiecutter.license_checker == 'n'}}	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-repos:
--   repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
-    rev: 23.7.0
-    hooks:
-    - id: black
--   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.290
-    hooks:
-      - id: ruff
-        args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
-        types_or: [python, pyi]
--   repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
-    rev: 0.6.0
-    hooks:
-    -   id: nbstripout
--   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.4.1
-    hooks:
-    -   id: mypy
-        args: [--install-types, --non-interactive, --ignore-missing-imports, --show-error-codes]
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