diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk b/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
index 2b257e199c..1d7c1f11c1 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ QT5WEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES = qt5base
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
-QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1 with exception or LGPLv3 or GPLv2
-# Source files contain references to LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt but it is not included
-# in the archive.
-QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.LGPLv21 LICENSE.LGPLv3 LICENSE.GPLv2
+QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1 with exception or LGPLv3
+QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.LGPLv21 LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt LICENSE.LGPLv3
 else
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = Commercial license
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_REDISTRIBUTE = NO