diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f0a6f676f..1285ae77d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = [{name = "Neo authors and contributors"}]
 description = "Neo is a package for representing electrophysiology data in Python, together with support for reading a wide range of neurophysiology file formats"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
-license = {text = "BSD 3-Clause License"}
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",