remove unneeded loads
diff --git a/licenses/spdx/BUILD b/licenses/spdx/BUILD
index 3eff4ed..3668b62 100644
--- a/licenses/spdx/BUILD
+++ b/licenses/spdx/BUILD
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 # If you maintain your own  third_party directory of all your dependences,
 # so that your WORKSPACE files are empty, you might favor the second.
 
-load("@rules_license//rules:license.bzl", "license")
 load("@rules_license//rules:license_kind.bzl", "license_kind")
 
 package(
diff --git a/rules/BUILD b/rules/BUILD
index 24a991f..6a004f8 100644
--- a/rules/BUILD
+++ b/rules/BUILD
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 # TODO(aiuto): Add dependency on Skylib for bzl_library so that we can later
 # generate docs with stardoc.
 
-load("@rules_license//rules:license.bzl", "license")
-
 package(
     default_applicable_licenses = ["//:license"],
     default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
diff --git a/tools/BUILD b/tools/BUILD
index c331d9a..2da7135 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD
+++ b/tools/BUILD
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
 
 # License declaration and compliance checking tools.
 
-load("@rules_license//rules:license.bzl", "license")
-
 package(
-    default_applicable_licenses = [":license"],
+    default_applicable_licenses = ["//:license"],
     default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )