diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index 6abdae4e84..b00ebb12e2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ license_create_manifest() {
 					# Really don't need to copy the generics as they're 
 					# represented in the manifest and in the actual pkg licenses
 					# Doing so would make your image quite a bit larger
-					if [[ "${lic}" != "generic_"* ]]; then
+					if [ "${lic#generic_}" = "${lic}" ]; then
 						cp ${LICENSE_DIRECTORY}/${pkg}/${lic} ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/usr/share/common-licenses/${pkg}/${lic}
-					elif [[ "${lic}" == "generic_"* ]]; then
+					else
 						if [ ! -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/usr/share/common-licenses/${lic} ]; then
 							cp ${LICENSE_DIRECTORY}/${pkg}/${lic} ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/usr/share/common-licenses/
 						fi