diff --git a/package/nettle/nettle.mk b/package/nettle/nettle.mk
index 93c638a4cd..dbbd60622d 100644
--- a/package/nettle/nettle.mk
+++ b/package/nettle/nettle.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ NETTLE_VERSION = 3.10.2
 NETTLE_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/nettle
 NETTLE_DEPENDENCIES = host-m4 gmp
 NETTLE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-NETTLE_LICENSE = Dual GPL-2.0+/LGPL-3.0+
+NETTLE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0+
 NETTLE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSERv3 COPYINGv2
 NETTLE_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 # don't include openssl support for (unused) examples as it has problems