diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/test_licenses.yml
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-# documentation: https://help.github.com/en/articles/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
-name: Test software licenses
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-  pull_request:
-permissions:
-  contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-        - name: Check out software-layer repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-
-        - name: set up Python
-          uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
-          with:
-            python-version: '3.9'
-
-        - name: Check software licenses
-          run: |
-            python licenses/spdx.py licenses/licenses.json
diff --git a/licenses/README.md b/licenses/README.md
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--- a/licenses/README.md
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-see https://spdx.org/licenses
-
-Python function to download SPDX list of licenses is available in `spdx.py`
diff --git a/licenses/licenses.json b/licenses/licenses.json
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-{
-    "EasyBuild": {
-        "spdx": "GPL-2.0-only",
-        "license_url": "https://easybuild.io"
-    },
-    "GCCcore": {
-        "spdx": "GPL-2.0-with-GCC-exception",
-        "license_url": "https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/COPYING"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/licenses/spdx.py b/licenses/spdx.py
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-import json
-import logging
-import sys
-import urllib.request
-
-SPDX_LICENSE_LIST_URL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spdx/license-list-data/main/json/licenses.json'
-
-LICENSE_URL = 'license_url'
-SPDX = 'spdx'
-
-spdx_license_list = None
-
-# Configure the logging module
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
-
-
-def get_spdx_license_list():
-    """
-    Download JSON file with current list of SPDX licenses, parse it, and return it as a Python dictionary.
-    """
-    global spdx_license_list
-
-    if spdx_license_list is None:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(SPDX_LICENSE_LIST_URL) as fp:
-            spdx_license_list = json.load(fp)
-        version, release_date = spdx_license_list['licenseListVersion'], spdx_license_list['releaseDate']
-        logging.info(f"Downloaded version {version} of SPDX license list (release date: {release_date})")
-        licenses = spdx_license_list['licenses']
-        logging.info(f"Found info on {len(licenses)} licenses!")
-
-    return spdx_license_list
-
-
-def license_info(spdx_id):
-    """Find license with specified SPDX identifier."""
- 
-    spdx_license_list = get_spdx_license_list()
-
-    licenses = spdx_license_list['licenses']
-    for lic in licenses:
-        if lic['licenseId'] == spdx_id:
-            return lic
-
-    # if no match is found, return None as result
-    return None
-
-
-def read_licenses(path):
-    """
-    Read software project to license mapping from specified path
-    """
-    with open(path) as fp:
-        licenses = json.loads(fp.read())
-
-    return licenses
-
-
-def check_licenses(licenses):
-    """
-    Check mapping of software licenses: make sure SPDX identifiers are valid.
-    """
-    faulty_licenses = {}
-
-    for software_name in licenses:
-        spdx_lic_id = licenses[software_name][SPDX]
-        lic_info = license_info(spdx_lic_id)
-        if lic_info:
-            lic_url = licenses[software_name][LICENSE_URL]
-            logging.info(f"License for software '{software_name}': {lic_info['name']} (see {lic_url})")
-        else:
-            logging.warning(f"Found faulty SPDX license ID for {software_name}: {spdx_lic_id}")
-            faulty_licenses[software_name] = spdx_lic_id
-
-    if faulty_licenses:
-        logging.warning(f"Found {len(faulty_licenses)} faulty SPDIX license IDs (out of {len(licenses)})!")
-        result = False
-    else:
-        logging.info(f"License check passed for {len(licenses)} licenses!")
-        result = True
-
-    return result
-
-
-def main(args):
-    if len(args) == 1:
-        licenses_path = args[0]
-    else:
-        logging.error("Usage: python spdx.py <path to licenses.json>")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    licenses = read_licenses(licenses_path)
-    if check_licenses(licenses):
-        logging.info("All license checks PASSED!")
-    else:
-        logging.error("One or more licence checks failed!")
-        sys.exit(2)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main(sys.argv[1:])