diff --git a/core/ungluify_record.py b/core/ungluify_record.py
index f0d2c09c..1a58318e 100644
--- a/core/ungluify_record.py
+++ b/core/ungluify_record.py
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
 from regluit.core import models
 
-def makemarc(marcfile, license, edition):
+def makemarc(marcfile,  edition):
     """
     fyi if we're going to suck down LOC records directly:
         parse_xml_to_array takes a file, so we need to faff about with file writes
         would be nice to have a suitable z39.50
         can use LCCN to grab record with urllib, but file writes are inconsistent
     """
+    license = edition.ebooks.all()[0].rights
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     logger.info("Making MARC records for edition %s and license %s" % (edition, license))
     if '/unglue.it' in settings.BASE_URL:
diff --git a/frontend/forms.py b/frontend/forms.py
index 55e510f2..7d98d065 100644
--- a/frontend/forms.py
+++ b/frontend/forms.py
@@ -577,19 +577,6 @@ class MARCUngluifyForm(forms.Form):
             error_messages={'required': 'Please specify an edition.'},
         )    
     file = forms.FileField(label='Download a MARCXML file from Library of Congress; then upload it here.')
-    license = forms.ChoiceField(choices=settings.CHOICES)
-
-    # insist that there is at least one ebook to link to   
-    def clean(self):
-        ebooks = False
-        for format_tuple in settings.FORMATS:
-            format = format_tuple[0]
-            if self.cleaned_data['edition'].ebooks.filter(format=format):
-                ebooks = True
-                break            
-        if not ebooks:
-            raise forms.ValidationError('Please add at least one unglued ebook link to THIS EDITION through the work or admin page before creating a MARC record.')
-        return self.cleaned_data
         
 class MARCFormatForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
diff --git a/frontend/views.py b/frontend/views.py
index 2194aa3b..f4e8fb6c 100755
--- a/frontend/views.py
+++ b/frontend/views.py
@@ -2632,13 +2632,11 @@ class MARCUngluifyView(FormView):
     success_url = reverse_lazy('MARCUngluify')
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
-        license = form.cleaned_data['license']
         edition = form.cleaned_data['edition']
 
         try:
             ungluify_record.makemarc(
                 marcfile=self.request.FILES['file'],
-                license=license,
                 edition=edition
             )
             messages.success(