diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
index 59eb332e57..856db88e49 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # Additional plugin licenses will be appended to GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LICENSE and
 # GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LICENSE_FILES if enabled.
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
-GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LICENSE := LGPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)