diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5webchannel/qt5webchannel.mk b/package/qt5/qt5webchannel/qt5webchannel.mk
index e12e945703..791f4a92f4 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5webchannel/qt5webchannel.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5webchannel/qt5webchannel.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ QT5WEBCHANNEL_SOURCE = qtwebchannel-opensource-src-$(QT5WEBCHANNEL_VERSION).tar.
 QT5WEBCHANNEL_DEPENDENCIES = qt5base qt5websockets
 QT5WEBCHANNEL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_VERSION_LATEST),y)
 QT5WEBCHANNEL_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0 with exception(tools), GFDL-1.3 (docs)
 QT5WEBCHANNEL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPLv2 LICENSE.GPLv3 LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT LICENSE.LGPLv3 LICENSE.FDL
@@ -21,10 +20,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EXAMPLES),y)
 QT5WEBCHANNEL_LICENSE := $(QT5WEBCHANNEL_LICENSE), BSD-3-Clause (examples)
 endif
-else
-QT5WEBCHANNEL_LICENSE = Commercial license
-QT5WEBCHANNEL_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5DECLARATIVE),y)
 QT5WEBCHANNEL_DEPENDENCIES += qt5declarative