diff --git a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
index 1e106812..2bc71b72 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
 # LICENSE, README, git config files
 - ^COPYING$
-- ^LICENSE$
+- LICENSE$
 - gitattributes$
 - gitignore$
 - gitmodules$