diff --git a/swh/web/browse/snapshot_context.py b/swh/web/browse/snapshot_context.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/snapshot_context.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/snapshot_context.py
@@ -1000,7 +1000,6 @@
         encoding=content_data.get("encoding"),
         size=filesizeformat(content_data.get("length", 0)),
         language=content_data.get("language"),
-        licenses=content_data.get("licenses"),
         root_directory=root_directory,
         path=f"/{filepath}",
         filename=filename,
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/utils.py b/swh/web/browse/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/utils.py
@@ -152,13 +152,11 @@
     content_data = service.lookup_content(query_string)
     filetype = None
     language = None
-    license = None
     # requests to the indexer db may fail so properly handle
     # those cases in order to avoid content display errors
     try:
         filetype = service.lookup_content_filetype(query_string)
         language = service.lookup_content_language(query_string)
-        license = service.lookup_content_license(query_string)
     except Exception as exc:
         sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
     mimetype = "unknown"
@@ -217,10 +215,6 @@
         content_data["language"] = language["lang"]
     else:
         content_data["language"] = "not detected"
-    if license:
-        content_data["licenses"] = ", ".join(license["facts"][0]["licenses"])
-    else:
-        content_data["licenses"] = "not detected"
 
     return content_data
 
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/views/content.py b/swh/web/browse/views/content.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/views/content.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/views/content.py
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@
         encoding=content_data["encoding"],
         size=filesizeformat(content_data["length"]),
         language=content_data["language"],
-        licenses=content_data["licenses"],
         root_directory=root_dir,
         path=f"/{path}" if path else None,
         filename=filename or "",
diff --git a/swh/web/common/typing.py b/swh/web/common/typing.py
--- a/swh/web/common/typing.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/typing.py
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@
     encoding: str
     size: str
     language: str
-    licenses: str
     path: Optional[str]
     filename: Optional[str]
     directory: Optional[str]