diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Bitstream.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Bitstream.java
index 2c6684f860..9900631ed7 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Bitstream.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Bitstream.java
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public class Bitstream extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport
 	 * @throws SQLException
 	 */
 	public void setAcceptanceDate(Context context, DCDate acceptanceDate) throws SQLException {
-		getBitstreamService().setMetadataSingleValue(context, this, MetadataSchema.DC_SCHEMA, "rights", "date", null, acceptanceDate.toString());
+		getBitstreamService().setMetadataSingleValue(context, this, "dcterms", "accessRights", null, null, acceptanceDate.toString());
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/submit/step/LicenseStep.java b/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/submit/step/LicenseStep.java
index 484ba6cec5..f9d733fb2e 100644
--- a/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/submit/step/LicenseStep.java
+++ b/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/submit/step/LicenseStep.java
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.json.patch.LateObjectEvaluator;
  */
 public class LicenseStep extends org.dspace.submit.step.LicenseStep implements AbstractRestProcessingStep {
 
-	private static final String DC_RIGHTS_DATE = "dc.rights.date";
+	private static final String DCTERMS_RIGHTSDATE = "dcterms.accessRights";
 
 	@Override
 	public DataLicense getData(WorkspaceItem obj, SubmissionStepConfig config) throws Exception {
 		DataLicense result = new DataLicense();
 		Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.getBitstreamByName(obj.getItem(), Constants.LICENSE_BUNDLE_NAME, Constants.LICENSE_BITSTREAM_NAME);
 		if(bitstream!=null) {
-			String acceptanceDate = bitstreamService.getMetadata(bitstream, DC_RIGHTS_DATE);
+			String acceptanceDate = bitstreamService.getMetadata(bitstream, DCTERMS_RIGHTSDATE);
 			result.setAcceptanceDate(acceptanceDate);
 			result.setUrl(configurationService.getProperty("dspace.url")+"/api/"+BitstreamRest.CATEGORY +"/"+ English.plural(BitstreamRest.NAME) + "/" + bitstream.getID() + "/content");
 		}
diff --git a/dspace/config/registries/dublin-core-types.xml b/dspace/config/registries/dublin-core-types.xml
index 595d14ca6a..50e79b0d61 100644
--- a/dspace/config/registries/dublin-core-types.xml
+++ b/dspace/config/registries/dublin-core-types.xml
@@ -590,10 +590,5 @@
         <qualifier>license</qualifier>
         <scope_note></scope_note>
     </dc-type>
-    <dc-type>
-        <schema>dc</schema>
-        <element>rights</element>
-        <qualifier>date</qualifier>
-        <scope_note></scope_note>
-    </dc-type>
+
 </dspace-dc-types>