diff --git a/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk b/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk
index 2e8a7c1a23..a3553e36cf 100644
--- a/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk
+++ b/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ else
 ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_SITE = $(call github,ARM-software,arm-trusted-firmware,$(ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_VERSION))
 # The licensing of custom or from-git versions is unknown.
 # This is valid only for the official v1.4.
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_LATEST_VERSION),y)
 ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_LICENSE_FILES = license.rst
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE)$(BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_LATEST_VERSION),y)
 BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_SOURCE)