diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index a384fa0bef..640633c6af 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Specifically, the GPL parts of FFmpeg are:
     - `tests/checkasm/*`
     - `tests/tiny_ssim.c`
 - the following filters in libavfilter:
-    - `f_ebur128.c`
     - `vf_blackframe.c`
     - `vf_boxblur.c`
     - `vf_colormatrix.c`
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8041ca84c1..6345fc2d0d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3050,7 +3050,6 @@ cropdetect_filter_deps="gpl"
 delogo_filter_deps="gpl"
 deshake_filter_select="pixelutils"
 drawtext_filter_deps="libfreetype"
-ebur128_filter_deps="gpl"
 eq_filter_deps="gpl"
 fftfilt_filter_deps="avcodec"
 fftfilt_filter_select="rdft"
diff --git a/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c b/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c
index 983c889017..1fd85bbf79 100644
--- a/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c
+++ b/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
  *
  * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
 /**