diff --git a/boot/barebox/barebox.hash b/boot/barebox/barebox.hash
index 42561ea571..64fec919b8 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/barebox.hash
+++ b/boot/barebox/barebox.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # From https://www.barebox.org/download/barebox-2019.12.0.tar.bz2.md5
-md5 2d25158ccffaa843c9e4943bbe820ce2 barebox-2019.12.0.tar.bz2
+md5  2d25158ccffaa843c9e4943bbe820ce2  barebox-2019.12.0.tar.bz2
 
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 fb77afc5c1a9783b8e1a9bb6c617973f5c0ed4c6f8e079f96cb7e7e0818a7a90 barebox-2019.12.0.tar.bz2
+sha256  fb77afc5c1a9783b8e1a9bb6c617973f5c0ed4c6f8e079f96cb7e7e0818a7a90  barebox-2019.12.0.tar.bz2
+
+# License files, locally computed
+sha256  ab1122aa9f9073ad1ec824edcd970b16a6a7881a34a18fd56c080debb2dca5d4  COPYING
diff --git a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
index 52178d89c8..f11f9950d1 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
+++ b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ endif
 
 $(1)_DEPENDENCIES = host-lzop
 $(1)_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with exceptions
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_LATEST_VERSION),y)
 $(1)_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+endif
 
 $(1)_CUSTOM_EMBEDDED_ENV_PATH = $$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_TARGET_$(1)_CUSTOM_EMBEDDED_ENV_PATH))