diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py b/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py
index c0ef11f19950..47d14b55c701 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 LIC_REGEX = re.compile(
-    rb"^\W*SPDX-License-Identifier:\s*([ \w\d.()+-]+?)(?:\s+\W*)?$",
+    rb"^\W*SPDX-License-Identifier:\s*([ \w.()+-]+?)(?:\s+\W*)?$",
     re.MULTILINE,
 )