diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index ff2b63d3a75..a08d1eb738e 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1863,30 +1863,6 @@ void MainWindow::analyzeProject(const ProjectFile *projectFile, const QStringLis
     QFileInfo inf(projectFile->getFilename());
     const QString& rootpath = projectFile->getRootPath();
 
-    if (isCppcheckPremium() && !projectFile->getLicenseFile().isEmpty()) {
-        if (rootpath.isEmpty() || rootpath == ".")
-            QDir::setCurrent(inf.absolutePath());
-        else if (QDir(rootpath).isAbsolute())
-            QDir::setCurrent(rootpath);
-        else
-            QDir::setCurrent(inf.absolutePath() + "/" + rootpath);
-
-        QString licenseFile = projectFile->getLicenseFile();
-        if (!QFileInfo(licenseFile).isAbsolute() && !rootpath.isEmpty())
-            licenseFile = inf.absolutePath() + "/" + licenseFile;
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-        const QString premiumaddon = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/premiumaddon.exe";
-#else
-        const QString premiumaddon = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/premiumaddon";
-#endif
-        const std::vector<std::string> args{"--check-loc-license", licenseFile.toStdString()};
-        std::string output;
-        CheckThread::executeCommand(premiumaddon.toStdString(), args, "", output);
-        std::ofstream fout(inf.absolutePath().toStdString() + "/cppcheck-premium-loc");
-        fout << output;
-    }
-
     QDir::setCurrent(inf.absolutePath());
 
     mThread->setAddonsAndTools(projectFile->getAddonsAndTools());
diff --git a/gui/projectfile.cpp b/gui/projectfile.cpp
index a77c1a0fc94..9144f5a6117 100644
--- a/gui/projectfile.cpp
+++ b/gui/projectfile.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void ProjectFile::clear()
     mBughunting = false;
     mCertIntPrecision = 0;
     mCodingStandards.clear();
-    mPremiumLicenseFile.clear();
 }
 
 bool ProjectFile::read(const QString &filename)
@@ -233,8 +232,6 @@ bool ProjectFile::read(const QString &filename)
                 readStringList(mCodingStandards, xmlReader, CppcheckXml::CodingStandardElementName);
             if (xmlReader.name() == QString(CppcheckXml::CertIntPrecisionElementName))
                 mCertIntPrecision = readInt(xmlReader, 0);
-            if (xmlReader.name() == QString(CppcheckXml::LicenseFileElementName))
-                mPremiumLicenseFile = readString(xmlReader);
             if (xmlReader.name() == QString(CppcheckXml::ProjectNameElementName))
                 mProjectName = readString(xmlReader);
 
@@ -1053,12 +1050,6 @@ bool ProjectFile::write(const QString &filename)
         xmlWriter.writeEndElement();
     }
 
-    if (!mPremiumLicenseFile.isEmpty()) {
-        xmlWriter.writeStartElement(CppcheckXml::LicenseFileElementName);
-        xmlWriter.writeCharacters(mPremiumLicenseFile);
-        xmlWriter.writeEndElement();
-    }
-
     xmlWriter.writeEndDocument();
     file.close();
     return true;
diff --git a/gui/projectfile.h b/gui/projectfile.h
index 0dd68b58453..5a5e0ccb89b 100644
--- a/gui/projectfile.h
+++ b/gui/projectfile.h
@@ -404,14 +404,6 @@ class ProjectFile : public QObject {
         return mCertIntPrecision;
     }
 
-    /** Cppcheck Premium: License file */
-    void setLicenseFile(const QString& licenseFile) {
-        mPremiumLicenseFile = licenseFile;
-    }
-    const QString& getLicenseFile() const {
-        return mPremiumLicenseFile;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @brief Write project file (to disk).
      * @param filename Filename to use.
@@ -653,9 +645,6 @@ class ProjectFile : public QObject {
      */
     QStringList mCodingStandards;
 
-    /** @brief Cppcheck Premium: license file */
-    QString mPremiumLicenseFile;
-
     /** @brief Project name, used when generating compliance report */
     QString mProjectName;
 
diff --git a/gui/projectfile.ui b/gui/projectfile.ui
index 5543e67910c..84a1d6e40ec 100644
--- a/gui/projectfile.ui
+++ b/gui/projectfile.ui
@@ -629,25 +629,6 @@
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item>
-        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="premiumLicense">
-         <property name="title">
-          <string>Premium License</string>
-         </property>
-         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_12">
-          <item>
-           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="mEditLicenseFile"/>
-          </item>
-          <item>
-           <widget class="QPushButton" name="mBtnBrowseLicense">
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>Browse...</string>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
-         </layout>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="mTabWarningOptions">
diff --git a/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp b/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
index 82fc0aac7c4..4e75696484b 100644
--- a/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ ProjectFileDialog::ProjectFileDialog(ProjectFile *projectFile, bool premium, QWi
     setWindowTitle(title);
     loadSettings();
 
-    mUI->premiumLicense->setVisible(false);
-
     QStringList libs;
     // Search the std.cfg first since other libraries could depend on it
     QString stdLibraryFilename;
@@ -464,7 +462,6 @@ void ProjectFileDialog::loadFromProjectFile(const ProjectFile *projectFile)
         mUI->mToolClangTidy->setEnabled(false);
     }
     mUI->mEditTags->setText(projectFile->getTags().join(';'));
-    mUI->mEditLicenseFile->setText(projectFile->getLicenseFile());
     updatePathsAndDefines();
 }
 
@@ -552,7 +549,6 @@ void ProjectFileDialog::saveToProjectFile(ProjectFile *projectFile) const
     projectFile->setBughunting(mUI->mBughunting->isChecked());
     projectFile->setClangAnalyzer(mUI->mToolClangAnalyzer->isChecked());
     projectFile->setClangTidy(mUI->mToolClangTidy->isChecked());
-    projectFile->setLicenseFile(mUI->mEditLicenseFile->text());
     projectFile->setTags(mUI->mEditTags->text().split(";", Qt::SkipEmptyParts));
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/importproject.h b/lib/importproject.h
index fb724b5b454..608af552408 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.h
+++ b/lib/importproject.h
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ namespace CppcheckXml {
     static constexpr char CodingStandardsElementName[] = "coding-standards";
     static constexpr char CodingStandardElementName[] = "coding-standard";
     static constexpr char CertIntPrecisionElementName[] = "cert-c-int-precision";
-    static constexpr char LicenseFileElementName[] = "license-file";
     static constexpr char ProjectNameElementName[] = "project-name";
 }