diff --git a/utils/scancpan b/utils/scancpan
index 1fccc980af..484ccaca95 100755
--- a/utils/scancpan
+++ b/utils/scancpan
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ sub find_license_files {
     my @license_files;
     foreach (split /\n/, $manifest) {
         next if m|/|;
+        s|\s+.*$||;
         push @license_files, $_ if m/(ARTISTIC|COPYING|COPYRIGHT|LICENSE)/i;
     }
     if (scalar @license_files == 0 && $manifest =~ m/(README)[\n\s]/i) {