diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk b/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk
index c7d2e8f88c..7d5353a434 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5DECLARATIVE),y)
 QT5TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += qt5declarative
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_VERSION_LATEST),y)
 QT5TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0 with exception(tools), GFDL-1.3 (docs)
 QT5TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPL2 LICENSE.GPLv3 LICENSE.LGPLv3 LICENSE.FDL
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ else
 QT5TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0 or LGPL-2.1 with exception or LGPL-3.0, GFDL-1.3 (docs)
 QT5TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPLv3 LICENSE.LGPLv21 LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt LICENSE.LGPLv3 LICENSE.FDL
 endif
-else
-QT5TOOLS_LICENSE = Commercial license
-QT5TOOLS_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
-endif
 
 QT5TOOLS_BUILD_DIRS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS_LINGUIST_TOOLS) += \
 	linguist/lconvert linguist/lrelease linguist/lupdate