diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5webkit/qt5webkit.mk b/package/qt5/qt5webkit/qt5webkit.mk
index 295d24d16f..d435192994 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5webkit/qt5webkit.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5webkit/qt5webkit.mk
@@ -14,15 +14,10 @@ QT5WEBKIT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 QT5WEBKIT_LICENSE_FILES = Source/WebCore/LICENSE-LGPL-2 Source/WebCore/LICENSE-LGPL-2.1
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
 QT5WEBKIT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+, BSD-3-Clause, BSD-2-Clause
 # Source files contain references to LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt but it is not included
 # in the archive.
 QT5WEBKIT_LICENSE_FILES += LICENSE.LGPLv21
-else
-QT5WEBKIT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ (WebCore), Commercial license
-QT5WEBKIT_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_XCB),y)
 QT5WEBKIT_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXext xlib_libXrender