diff --git a/custom-plugins/licenses_ext/__init__.py b/custom-plugins/licenses_ext/__init__.py
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--- a/custom-plugins/licenses_ext/__init__.py
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-# mediagoblin/plugins/licenses_ext/__init__.py
-
-# Luis Guzman <ark@switnet.org>
-# GNU AGPLv3 or later
-
-"""
-MediaGoblin plugin: licenses_ext
-Adds licenses defined on the configuration file.
-"""
-
-from mediagoblin import mg_globals
-from mediagoblin.tools import licenses
-from mediagoblin.tools.licenses import License
-
-def setup_plugin(plugin_config=None):
-    # If plugin_config is empty, it is retrieved from mg_globals.global_config
-    if not plugin_config:
-        plugin_config = (
-            mg_globals.global_config
-            .get('plugins', {})
-            .get('mediagoblin.plugins.licenses_ext', {})
-            )
-
-    for key, value in plugin_config.items():
-        if not key.startswith("license_"):
-            continue
-        # If the value is a list (as in the global configuration)
-        if isinstance(value, list):
-            try:
-                abbrev, name, url = value
-            except Exception as e:
-                print("Error parsing (string) in", key, e)
-                continue
-        # If it happens to be a string, we split it
-        elif isinstance(value, str):
-            try:
-                abbrev, name, url = [x.strip() for x in value.split(",", 2)]
-            except Exception as e:
-                print("Error parsing (string) in", key, e)
-                continue
-        else:
-            print("Unknown type for", key, ":", type(value))
-            continue
-
-        new_license = License(abbrev, name, url)
-        licenses.SORTED_LICENSES.append(new_license)
-        licenses.SUPPORTED_LICENSES[new_license.uri] = new_license
-
-# Register the hook so that MediaGoblin calls setup_plugin() during the
-# setup phase.
-hooks = {
-    'setup': setup_plugin,
-}