diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 867ebaf..d915b65 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Licenses sit in the `/_licenses` folder. Each license has YAML front matter desc
 * `nickname` - A shorter, human-readable license name where the SPDX license name (`title` above) is long
 * `variant` - Whether the license is a variant of a family of licenses (defaults to false)
 * `family` - If part of a license family, the name of the license family (e.g., `GPL`)
-* `tab-slug` - If part of a license family, a license slug containing only `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` characters, used for internal links on the licenses page
 
 ### Auto-populated fields
 
diff --git a/_data/meta.yml b/_data/meta.yml
index b9f2ed9..8fe3d75 100644
--- a/_data/meta.yml
+++ b/_data/meta.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,3 @@
 - name: family
   description: If part of a license family, the name of the license family (e.g., `GPL`)
   required: false
-
-- name: tab-slug
-  description: If part of a license family, a license slug containing only `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` characters, used for internal links on the licenses page
-  required: false
diff --git a/_includes/license-overview.html b/_includes/license-overview.html
index b03be40..83256fc 100644
--- a/_includes/license-overview.html
+++ b/_includes/license-overview.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <ul class="nav-pills js-nav-pills">
         {% assign variations = site.licenses | where:"hidden",false | where:"family",license.family %}
         {% for variation in variations %}
-        <li{% if license.tab-slug == variation.tab-slug %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="#{{ variation.tab-slug }}" data-selected-tab="variation-{{ variation.tab-slug }}">
+        <li{% if license.id == variation.id %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="#{{ variation.id | remove: '/licenses/' | slugify }}" data-selected-tab="variation-{{ variation.id | remove: '/licenses/' | slugify }}">
           {% if variation.nickname != nil %}
             {{ variation.nickname }}
           {% else %}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     {% for variation in variations %}
-    <div {% if variation.tab-slug %}id="{{ variation.tab-slug }}" {% endif %}class="variation-tab {% if variation.tab-slug %}variation-{{ variation.tab-slug }}{% endif %} js-variation-tab{% if license.tab-slug == variation.tab-slug %} active{% endif %}">
+    <div {% if variation.id %}id="{{ variation.id | remove: '/licenses/' | slugify }}" {% endif %}class="variation-tab {% if variation.id %}variation-{{ variation.id | remove: '/licenses/' | slugify }}{% endif %} js-variation-tab{% if license.id == variation.id %} active{% endif %}">
       <table class="license-rules">
         <tr>
         {% assign types = "required|permitted|forbidden" | split: "|" %}
diff --git a/_licenses/agpl-3.0.txt b/_licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
index 299af9c..939a31a 100644
--- a/_licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
+++ b/_licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
 nickname: GNU Affero GPL v3.0
-tab-slug: agpl-v3
 redirect_from: /licenses/agpl/
 family: GPL
 variant: true
diff --git a/_licenses/bsd-2-clause.txt b/_licenses/bsd-2-clause.txt
index 2aa5c24..0a0e475 100644
--- a/_licenses/bsd-2-clause.txt
+++ b/_licenses/bsd-2-clause.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
 nickname: Simplified BSD
-tab-slug: bsd
 redirect_from: /licenses/bsd/
 family: BSD
 variant: true
diff --git a/_licenses/bsd-3-clause-clear.txt b/_licenses/bsd-3-clause-clear.txt
index 1df2a27..9312f8c 100644
--- a/_licenses/bsd-3-clause-clear.txt
+++ b/_licenses/bsd-3-clause-clear.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: BSD 3-clause Clear License
 nickname: Clear BSD
 
 family: BSD
-tab-slug: bsd-3-clear
 variant: true
 
 description: A permissive license that comes in two variants, the <a href="/licenses/bsd">BSD 2-Clause</a> and <a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause">BSD 3-Clause</a>. Both have very minute differences to the MIT license. The three clause variant prohibits others from using the name of the project or its contributors to promote derivative works without written consent.
diff --git a/_licenses/bsd-3-clause.txt b/_licenses/bsd-3-clause.txt
index 797bee7..dc1a6bc 100644
--- a/_licenses/bsd-3-clause.txt
+++ b/_licenses/bsd-3-clause.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
 nickname: New BSD
-tab-slug: bsd-3
 family: BSD
 variant: true
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/_licenses/cc0-1.0.txt b/_licenses/cc0-1.0.txt
index bdf7fd9..6ddc723 100644
--- a/_licenses/cc0-1.0.txt
+++ b/_licenses/cc0-1.0.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
 nickname: CC0 1.0 Universal
-tab-slug: cc0
 redirect_from: /licenses/cc0/
 family: Public Domain Dedication
 variant: true
diff --git a/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt b/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt
index 9b8e191..5b9d6a6 100644
--- a/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt
+++ b/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: European Union Public License 1.1
 nickname: EUPL-1.1
-tab-slug: eupl-v1.1
 redirect_from: /licenses/eupl-v1.1/
 family: EUPL
 featured: false
diff --git a/_licenses/gpl-2.0.txt b/_licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
index f1379c2..035624a 100644
--- a/_licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+++ b/_licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU General Public License v2.0
 nickname: GNU GPL v2.0
-tab-slug: gpl-v2
 redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v2/
 family: GPL
 variant: true
diff --git a/_licenses/gpl-3.0.txt b/_licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
index 111e6ed..45fa05e 100644
--- a/_licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
+++ b/_licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU General Public License v3.0
 nickname: GNU GPL v3.0
-tab-slug: gpl-v3
 redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v3/
 family: GPL
 featured: true
diff --git a/_licenses/isc.txt b/_licenses/isc.txt
index f2dee66..6649824 100644
--- a/_licenses/isc.txt
+++ b/_licenses/isc.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: ISC License
-tab-slug: isc
 family: BSD
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license
 
diff --git a/_licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt b/_licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
index 2de171a..e0ab3f1 100644
--- a/_licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
+++ b/_licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
 nickname: GNU LGPL v2.1
-tab-slug: lgpl-v2_1
 redirect_from: /licenses/lgpl-v2.1/
 family: LGPL
 variant: true
diff --git a/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt b/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
index cf8ddb0..36f4be7 100644
--- a/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
+++ b/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
 nickname: GNU LGPL v3.0
-tab-slug: lgpl-v3
 redirect_from: /licenses/lgpl-v3/
 family: LGPL
 source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
diff --git a/_licenses/lppl-1.3c.txt b/_licenses/lppl-1.3c.txt
index 0ffe153..9ccbb2e 100644
--- a/_licenses/lppl-1.3c.txt
+++ b/_licenses/lppl-1.3c.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c
 hidden: true
 nickname: LPPL-1.3c
-tab-slug: lppl-v1.3c
 family: LPPL
 source: https://latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.html
 
diff --git a/_licenses/unlicense.txt b/_licenses/unlicense.txt
index 2e05699..c2d8b1e 100644
--- a/_licenses/unlicense.txt
+++ b/_licenses/unlicense.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: The Unlicense
-tab-slug: unlicense
 family: Public Domain Dedication
 source: http://unlicense.org/UNLICENSE
 
diff --git a/spec/license_category_spec.rb b/spec/license_category_spec.rb
index db06f57..f66ec0e 100644
--- a/spec/license_category_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/license_category_spec.rb
@@ -15,19 +15,6 @@ describe 'license categories' do
         expected = family_licenses.count - 1
         expect(variants.count).to eql(expected)
       end
-
-      family_licenses.each do |license|
-        context "the #{license['title']} license" do
-          it 'should have a unique slug' do
-            dupes = family_licenses.count { |l| l['tab-slug'] == license['tab-slug'] }
-            expect(dupes).to eql(1)
-          end
-
-          it 'should have a valid tab-slug' do
-            expect(license['tab-slug']).to match(/[a-z0-9_]/)
-          end
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/license_meta_spec.rb b/spec/license_meta_spec.rb
index 04f8375..d7bd689 100644
--- a/spec/license_meta_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/license_meta_spec.rb
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ describe 'license meta' do
 
       if license['family']
         it 'should contain the required license variant fields' do
-          missing = ['family', 'tab-slug'] - license.keys
+          missing = %w(family) - license.keys
           expect(missing).to be_empty
         end
       else
         it 'should not contain license family specific fields' do
-          extra = ['variant', 'family', 'tab-slug'].select { |f| raw_fields.keys.include?(f) }
+          extra = %w(variant family).select { |f| raw_fields.keys.include?(f) }
           expect(extra).to be_empty
         end
       end