diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/license/MediaLicensePresenter.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/license/MediaLicensePresenter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 18955636e..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/license/MediaLicensePresenter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-package fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.license;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.Utils;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.kvstore.JsonKvStore;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.repository.UploadRepository;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.settings.Prefs;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.license.MediaLicenseContract.View;
-import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
-import java.util.List;
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import javax.inject.Named;
-import timber.log.Timber;
-
-/**
- * Added JavaDocs for MediaLicensePresenter
- */
-public class MediaLicensePresenter implements MediaLicenseContract.UserActionListener {
-
-    private static final MediaLicenseContract.View DUMMY = (MediaLicenseContract.View) Proxy
-            .newProxyInstance(
-                    MediaLicenseContract.View.class.getClassLoader(),
-                    new Class[]{MediaLicenseContract.View.class},
-                    (proxy, method, methodArgs) -> null);
-
-    private final UploadRepository repository;
-    private final JsonKvStore defaultKVStore;
-    private MediaLicenseContract.View view = DUMMY;
-
-    @Inject
-    public MediaLicensePresenter(final UploadRepository uploadRepository,
-                @Named("default_preferences") final JsonKvStore defaultKVStore) {
-        this.repository = uploadRepository;
-        this.defaultKVStore = defaultKVStore;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onAttachView(@NonNull final View view) {
-        this.view = view;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onDetachView() {
-        this.view = DUMMY;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * asks the repository for the available licenses, and informs the view on the same
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void getLicenses() {
-        final List<String> licenses = repository.getLicenses();
-        view.setLicenses(licenses);
-
-        String selectedLicense = defaultKVStore.getString(Prefs.DEFAULT_LICENSE,
-                Prefs.Licenses.CC_BY_SA_4);//CC_BY_SA_4 is the default one used by the commons web app
-        try {//I have to make sure that the stored default license was not one of the deprecated one's
-            Utils.licenseNameFor(selectedLicense);
-        } catch (final IllegalStateException exception) {
-            Timber.e(exception);
-            selectedLicense = Prefs.Licenses.CC_BY_SA_4;
-            defaultKVStore.putString(Prefs.DEFAULT_LICENSE, Prefs.Licenses.CC_BY_SA_4);
-        }
-        view.setSelectedLicense(selectedLicense);
-
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * ask the repository to select a license for the current upload
-     *
-     * @param licenseName
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void selectLicense(final String licenseName) {
-        repository.setSelectedLicense(licenseName);
-        view.updateLicenseSummary(repository.getSelectedLicense(), repository.getCount());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isWLMSupportedForThisPlace() {
-        return repository.isWMLSupportedForThisPlace();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/license/MediaLicensePresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/license/MediaLicensePresenter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..816b8caae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/license/MediaLicensePresenter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.license
+
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.Utils
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.kvstore.JsonKvStore
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.repository.UploadRepository
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.settings.Prefs
+import timber.log.Timber
+import java.lang.reflect.Method
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Named
+
+/**
+ * Added JavaDocs for MediaLicensePresenter
+ */
+class MediaLicensePresenter @Inject constructor(
+    private val repository: UploadRepository,
+    @param:Named("default_preferences") private val defaultKVStore: JsonKvStore
+) : MediaLicenseContract.UserActionListener {
+    private var view = DUMMY
+
+    override fun onAttachView(view: MediaLicenseContract.View) {
+        this.view = view
+    }
+
+    override fun onDetachView() {
+        view = DUMMY
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * asks the repository for the available licenses, and informs the view on the same
+     */
+    override fun getLicenses() {
+        val licenses = repository.getLicenses()
+        view.setLicenses(licenses)
+
+        var selectedLicense = defaultKVStore.getString(
+            Prefs.DEFAULT_LICENSE,
+            Prefs.Licenses.CC_BY_SA_4
+        ) //CC_BY_SA_4 is the default one used by the commons web app
+        try { //I have to make sure that the stored default license was not one of the deprecated one's
+            Utils.licenseNameFor(selectedLicense)
+        } catch (exception: IllegalStateException) {
+            Timber.e(exception)
+            selectedLicense = Prefs.Licenses.CC_BY_SA_4
+            defaultKVStore.putString(Prefs.DEFAULT_LICENSE, Prefs.Licenses.CC_BY_SA_4)
+        }
+        view.setSelectedLicense(selectedLicense)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ask the repository to select a license for the current upload
+     */
+    override fun selectLicense(licenseName: String) {
+        repository.setSelectedLicense(licenseName)
+        view.updateLicenseSummary(repository.getSelectedLicense(), repository.getCount())
+    }
+
+    override fun isWLMSupportedForThisPlace(): Boolean =
+        repository.isWMLSupportedForThisPlace()
+
+    companion object {
+        private val DUMMY = Proxy.newProxyInstance(
+            MediaLicenseContract.View::class.java.classLoader,
+            arrayOf<Class<*>>(MediaLicenseContract.View::class.java)
+        ) { _: Any?, _: Method?, _: Array<Any?>? -> null } as MediaLicenseContract.View
+    }
+}