# How can I remove a bridging license for FNP and FNE

***Use case description***:   
  
If a bridging license is **expiring** and if there is **no successor bridging** license SMT 7 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">*will crash*</span>.  
In most cases the correct licenses have been activated towards the server, but they will not be used automatically by SMT upon expiring bridging license.  
  
SMT will need a restart before they use the normal licenses, and this is only possible if either the bridging license has expired (SMT crashed already) or the bridging license has been removed.