diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix
index d074173a8143..38fbc755582a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix
@@ -214,10 +214,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://ocaml.org/";
       branch = versionNoPatch;
-      license = with lib.licenses; [
-        qpl # compiler
-        lgpl2 # library
-      ];
+      license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
       description = "OCaml is an industrial-strength programming language supporting functional, imperative and object-oriented styles";
 
       maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.georgyo ];