diff --git a/src/template.jl b/src/template.jl
index ccf016e..d982d6b 100644
--- a/src/template.jl
+++ b/src/template.jl
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
         licenses[abs(request(menu))].first
     end
 
-    kwargs[:authors] = if fast
+    # We don't need to ask for authors or copyright years if there is no license,
+    # because the license is the only place that they matter.
+
+    kwargs[:authors] = if fast || isempty(kwargs[:license])
         LibGit2.getconfig("user.name", "")
     else
         default_authors = LibGit2.getconfig("user.name", "")
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
         isempty(authors) ? default_authors : authors
     end
 
-    kwargs[:years] = if fast
+    kwargs[:years] = if fast || isempty(kwargs[:license])
         Dates.year(Dates.today())
     else
         default_years = Dates.year(Dates.today())
diff --git a/test/interactive.jl b/test/interactive.jl
index 145eb48..f910f52 100644
--- a/test/interactive.jl
+++ b/test/interactive.jl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # TerminalMenus.jl has issues in environments without a TTY,
 # which seems to be the case in Travis CI OSX builds.
 # https://travis-ci.org/invenia/PkgTemplates.jl/jobs/267682403#L115
+# https://github.com/nick-paul/TerminalMenus.jl/issues/5
 
 @testset "Interactive template creation" begin
-    write(STDIN.buffer, "$me\n\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\nd")
+    write(STDIN.buffer, "$me\n\n\r\n\n\n\nd")
     t = interactive_template()
     @test t.user == me
     @test t.host == "github.com"