diff --git a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
index 487b23b5e0828cb3104608121d5e14bb335eb32d..3db08d161509b3d0b0b21df28311baa094ad2bb1 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Controller;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\UriBuilder;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Template\Components\ButtonBar;
@@ -114,17 +113,11 @@ class BackendController extends ActionController {
 				$backendUser->pushModuleData('tools_beuser/index.php/web_SgNewsNews_' . $key, $menuSetting);
 			}
 
-			$currentLanguageInfo = NULL;
-
-			if (!LicensingService::checkKey()) {
-				$this->view->assign('showLicenseBanner', TRUE);
-			} else {
-				$this->language = $backendUser->getModuleData(
-					'tools_beuser/index.php/web_SgNewsNews_language', 'ses'
-				) ?: 0;
-				$languageOptions = BackendNewsUtility::getAvailableLanguages($this->pageUid);
-				$currentLanguageInfo = $languageOptions[$this->language] ?? NULL;
-			}
+			$this->language = $backendUser->getModuleData(
+				'tools_beuser/index.php/web_SgNewsNews_language', 'ses'
+			) ?: 0;
+			$languageOptions = BackendNewsUtility::getAvailableLanguages($this->pageUid);
+			$currentLanguageInfo = $languageOptions[$this->language] ?? NULL;
 
 			$this->docHeaderComponent->setMetaInformation($this->pageInfo);
 			$this->makeButtons();
@@ -223,9 +216,6 @@ class BackendController extends ActionController {
 	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 	 */
 	private function makeLanguageMenu() {
-		if (!LicensingService::checkKey()) {
-			return;
-		}
 		$languageMenu = $this->docHeaderComponent->getMenuRegistry()->makeMenu();
 		$languageMenu->setIdentifier('languageMenu');
 		$languages = BackendNewsUtility::getAvailableLanguages($this->pageUid);
diff --git a/Classes/Hooks/PageLayoutController.php b/Classes/Hooks/PageLayoutController.php
index cb59462ac1ef9f805ea143cc9bc60a6a3e7e3be4..253737b2c6dfe06c70bfcd236e6ded809e40d4ac 100644
--- a/Classes/Hooks/PageLayoutController.php
+++ b/Classes/Hooks/PageLayoutController.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Hooks;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Controller\PageLayoutController as CorePageLayoutController;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
@@ -50,9 +49,6 @@ class PageLayoutController {
 	 */
 	public function addNewsModuleLink(array $parameters = [], $controller): string {
 		$out = '';
-		if (!(int) $controller->id || !LicensingService::checkKey()) {
-			return $out;
-		}
 		$pageRow = BackendUtility::getRecord('pages', $controller->id);
 		$acceptedDoktypes = [BackendNewsUtility::NEWS_DOKTYPE, BackendNewsUtility::CATEGORY_DOKTYPE];
 		if (
diff --git a/Classes/Service/LicensingService.php b/Classes/Service/LicensingService.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a29290a5aad70ae01323a1987f45123e16b5edaa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Classes/Service/LicensingService.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Service;
-
-/***************************************************************
- *  Copyright notice
- *
- *  (c) sgalinski Internet Services (https://www.sgalinski.de)
- *
- *  All rights reserved
- *
- *  This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 project is
- *  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  The GNU General Public License can be found at
- *  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
- *
- *  This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
- ***************************************************************/
-
-use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
-use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\ExtensionUtility;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\NullResponse;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
-
-/**
- * Class SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService
- */
-class LicensingService {
-	/**
-	 * Licensing Service Url
-	 */
-	const URL = 'https://www.sgalinski.de/?eID=sgLicensing';
-
-	/**
-	 * Licensing Service Url
-	 */
-	const EXTENSION_KEY = 'sg_news';
-
-	/** @var bool|NULL */
-	private static $isLicenseKeyValid;
-
-	/**
-	 * @return boolean
-	 */
-	public static function checkKey(): bool {
-		if (static::$isLicenseKeyValid === NULL) {
-			static::$isLicenseKeyValid = FALSE;
-			$configuration = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS'][self::EXTENSION_KEY] ?? [];
-			if (isset($configuration['key']) && $key = trim($configuration['key'])) {
-				static::$isLicenseKeyValid = (bool) preg_match('/^([A-Z\d]{6}-?){4}$/', $key);
-			}
-		}
-
-		return static::$isLicenseKeyValid;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Licensing Service ping
-	 *
-	 * @param boolean $returnUrl
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public static function ping($returnUrl = FALSE): string {
-		try {
-			$configuration = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS'][self::EXTENSION_KEY] ?? [];
-			$key = '';
-			if (isset($configuration['key'])) {
-				$key = trim($configuration['key']);
-			}
-			$params = [
-				'extension' => self::EXTENSION_KEY,
-				'host' => GeneralUtility::getIndpEnv('HTTP_HOST'),
-				'key' => $key
-			];
-			$params = http_build_query($params);
-			$pingUrl = self::URL;
-			$pingUrl .= $params !== '' ? (strpos($pingUrl, '?') === FALSE ? '?' : '&') . $params : '';
-			if ($returnUrl) {
-				return $pingUrl;
-			}
-
-			GeneralUtility::getUrl($pingUrl);
-		} catch (\Exception $exception) {
-		}
-
-		return '';
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Generates a random password string based on the configured password policies.
-	 *
-	 * @param ServerRequestInterface $request
-	 * @param ResponseInterface $response
-	 * @return ResponseInterface
-	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
-	 */
-	public function ajaxPing(ServerRequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response = NULL): ResponseInterface {
-		/** @var BackendUserAuthentication $backendUser */
-		$backendUser = $GLOBALS['BE_USER'];
-		if ($backendUser && !$backendUser->getModuleData('tools_beuser/index.php/web_SgNewsNews_pinged', 'ses')) {
-			$backendUser->pushModuleData('tools_beuser/index.php/web_SgNewsNews_pinged', TRUE);
-			self::ping();
-		}
-
-		return $response ?? new NullResponse();
-	}
-}
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/ControlViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/ControlViewHelper.php
index 4a9fd751ced353392293459bf932b53e22589794..9ec52630991bc5cd0841d9dcf47903d301c01cc7 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/ControlViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/ControlViewHelper.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\Backend;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\AbstractViewHelper;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\Icon;
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ class ControlViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper {
 		}
 
 		$out = $databaseRecordList->makeControl($table, $row);
-		if ($table === 'pages' && LicensingService::checkKey()) {
+		if ($table === 'pages') {
 			/** @var IconFactory $iconFactory */
 			$iconFactory = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(IconFactory::class);
 			$buttonLabel = LocalizationUtility::translate('backend.button.editPageContent', 'SgNews');
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php
index ff0645abcb3bdb37f312e5ab31da56bf6a8abb11..56e190c67ee06cc7e394718159f450b8792bd630 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\Backend;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\AbstractViewHelper;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\UriBuilder;
@@ -63,9 +62,6 @@ class TranslationLinksViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper {
 		$table = $this->arguments['table'];
 		$pageUid = $this->arguments['pageUid'];
 		$out = '';
-		if (!LicensingService::checkKey()) {
-			return $out;
-		}
 
 		$table = trim($table);
 		if ($table !== 'pages' && !isset($GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['languageField'])) {
diff --git a/Configuration/Backend/AjaxRoutes.php b/Configuration/Backend/AjaxRoutes.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b2f02dd2cbcb14bf3ae63c935a35010921d2c9f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Configuration/Backend/AjaxRoutes.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-return [
-	'sg_news::ajaxPing' => [
-		'path' => '/sg_news/ajaxPing',
-		'target' => SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService::class . '::ajaxPing',
-	]
-];
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Layouts/Backend.html b/Resources/Private/Layouts/Backend.html
index 64e0cc27efc6450bd9a8ece23576cc25f4975990..11777dd28bf8a4a54fe506d87525c293a6f8f951 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Layouts/Backend.html
+++ b/Resources/Private/Layouts/Backend.html
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 	</div>
 	<div id="typo3-docbody">
 		<div id="typo3-inner-docbody">
-			<f:if condition="{showLicenseBanner}">
-				<f:render partial="Backend/LicenseBanner" />
-			</f:if>
 			<h1>
 				<f:render section="headline" />
 			</h1>
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Partials/Backend/LicenseBanner.html b/Resources/Private/Partials/Backend/LicenseBanner.html
deleted file mode 100644
index c394186a3a346752fa7484e126e8667866b5c13c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Resources/Private/Partials/Backend/LicenseBanner.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<div class="bannerContainer">
-	<div class="row">
-		<div class="col-xs-12">
-			<div class="panel panel-info">
-				<div class="panel-heading">
-					<f:image width="150" height="33" src="{f:uri.resource(path: 'Images/logo.svg')}" />
-					| <span><f:translate key="backend.licenceBannerTitle"/></span>
-				</div>
-				<div class="panel-body">
-					<f:format.raw>
-						<f:translate key="backend.licenceBannerText"/>
-					</f:format.raw>
-				</div>
-			</div>
-		</div>
-	</div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Backend.js b/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Backend.js
index b96871811a2cecdf3cf3786f86a8fed963e7131d..8a23a1f3793986483424c1a028a0decb234f66ec 100644
--- a/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Backend.js
+++ b/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Backend.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ define([
 
 	var SgNewsModule = {
 		init: function() {
-			$.get(TYPO3.settings.ajaxUrls['sg_news::ajaxPing']);
 			$('#filter-reset-btn').on('click', function(event) {
 				event.preventDefault();
 				this.form.reset();
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 50286d89e69593efa72ba8ed141a6e436d75f97a..cb1fe76ff1e42a8f3575cac179d79db05d860eff 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "license": [
         "GPL-2.0-or-later"
     ],
-    "version": "9.3.4",
+    "version": "9.3.7",
     "support": {
     },
     "repositories": [
diff --git a/ext_emconf.php b/ext_emconf.php
index 5b3d415f632a7075691063374b9b2f92151b22a1..864c3506be12b15e109fbf34caad97fc0d4eeea5 100644
--- a/ext_emconf.php
+++ b/ext_emconf.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $EM_CONF['sg_news'] = [
 	'modify_tables' => '',
 	'clearCacheOnLoad' => 0,
 	'lockType' => '',
-	'version' => '9.3.4',
+	'version' => '9.3.7',
 	'constraints' => [
 		'depends' => [
 			'typo3' => '9.5.0-10.4.99',