diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2025.89.bb b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2025.89.bb
index 957a0901fb0..ece065265ff 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2025.89.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2025.89.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ SECTION = "console/network"
 
 # some files are from other projects and have others license terms:
 #   public domain, OpenSSH 3.5p1, OpenSSH3.6.1p2, PuTTY
-LICENSE = "MIT & BSD-3-Clause & BSD-2-Clause & PD"
+# The 'public-domain' file is headered as MIT
+LICENSE = "MIT & BSD-3-Clause & BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=25cf44512b7bc8966a48b6b1a9b7605f"
 
 DEPENDS = "zlib virtual/crypt"