diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk b/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
index bcbc56f1c7..af87435d6d 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ QT5WEBSOCKETS_SOURCE = qtwebsockets-opensource-src-$(QT5WEBSOCKETS_VERSION).tar.
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES = qt5base
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_VERSION_LATEST),y)
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0 with exception(tools)
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPL2 LICENSE.GPLv3 LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT LICENSE.LGPLv3
@@ -21,10 +20,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EXAMPLES),y)
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE := $(QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE), BSD-3-Clause (examples)
 endif
-else
-QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = Commercial license
-QT5WEBSOCKETS_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5DECLARATIVE),y)
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES += qt5declarative