diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix
index 51f89e1e87c3..7523d64c9ea6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Native debugger extension for VSCode based on LLDB";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vadimcn/vscode-lldb";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
index cdbac84aaf3d..150a61aa1701 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
         broken = lib.versionOlder gimp.version "3";
         description = "Suite of gimp plugins for texture synthesis";
         homepage = "https://github.com/bootchk/resynthesizer";
-        license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+        license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
       };
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/actool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ac/actool/package.nix
index a33cf769d26a..92e38b436951 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ac/actool/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/actool/package.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Apple's actool reimplementation";
     homepage = "https://github.com/viraptor/actool";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "actool";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.viraptor ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone/package.nix
index 42fb25a838dc..a0d7cb135ba0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone/package.nix
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Aleph One is the open source continuation of Bungie’s Marathon 2 game engine";
     mainProgram = "alephone";
     homepage = "https://alephone.lhowon.org/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/angrr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/angrr/package.nix
index 0ef7b65f393d..c100ef488f36 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/angrr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/angrr/package.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Auto Nix GC Root Retention";
     homepage = "https://github.com/linyinfeng/angrr";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ yinfeng ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     mainProgram = "angrr";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/av/avalonia/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/av/avalonia/package.nix
index 91460fe1cc90..e017df48942d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/av/avalonia/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/av/avalonia/package.nix
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (
 
       meta = {
         homepage = "https://avaloniaui.net/";
-        license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+        license = lib.licenses.mit;
         maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ corngood ];
         description = "Cross-platform UI framework for dotnet";
         sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/bartender/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/bartender/package.nix
index 67a14d429c5c..3b62a9c9020e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/bartender/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/bartender/package.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://downloads.macbartender.com/B2/updates/${
       builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] finalAttrs.version
     }/rnotes.html";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       stepbrobd
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/be/bespokesynth/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/be/bespokesynth/package.nix
index 36ed0ff97e27..4c2181fe9523 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/be/bespokesynth/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/be/bespokesynth/package.nix
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Software modular synth with controllers support, scripting and VST";
     homepage = "https://www.bespokesynth.com/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       astro
       tobiasBora
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/be/betterdisplay/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/be/betterdisplay/package.nix
index de3ea22f032d..38f5ca39b283 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/be/betterdisplay/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/be/betterdisplay/package.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more";
     homepage = "https://betterdisplay.pro/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ DimitarNestorov ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bounty/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bounty/package.nix
index 3f2a43d4e5ad..d16d4c6dc29d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bounty/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bounty/package.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   meta = {
     description = "CLI tool for bountybot.dev";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ghbountybot/cli";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ andrewgazelka ];
     mainProgram = "bounty";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sbom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sbom/package.nix
index de854436a5fb..3e6a9514067e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sbom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sbom/package.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Create software bill of materials (SBOM) for Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/psastras/sbom-rs";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       matthiasbeyer
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-shear/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-shear/package.nix
index 09de9e544fe2..ff89dd62390d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-shear/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-shear/package.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     mainProgram = "cargo-shear";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.cathalmullan ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sonar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sonar/package.nix
index 1732402c8734..bd53a609c21d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sonar/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-sonar/package.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Utility to produce some Sonar-compatible format from different Rust tools like cargo-clippy cargo-audit or cargo-outdated";
     mainProgram = "cargo-sonar";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/woshilapin/cargo-sonar";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jonboh ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix
index 729e7f93c03e..b85a99bba6e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Chowdhury-DSP/ChowKick";
     description = "Kick synthesizer based on old-school drum machine circuits";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "ChowKick";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix
index 0228861b2edf..ba40c910fb6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Scripts to save Google Chrome's bookmarks and history as HTML bookmarks files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.isc ];
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bdesham ];
     platforms = python3.meta.platforms;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinnamon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinnamon/package.nix
index cb28d2074460..b8dbff2dacee 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinnamon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinnamon/package.nix
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon";
     description = "Cinnamon desktop environment";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     teams = [ lib.teams.cinnamon ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ci/civetweb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ci/civetweb/package.nix
index 6736b11090e8..13c996fddcbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ci/civetweb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ci/civetweb/package.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Embedded C/C++ web server";
     mainProgram = "civetweb";
     homepage = "https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-mergetool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-mergetool/package.nix
index f323cdc2ed54..29cf3dfd9a55 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-mergetool/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-mergetool/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     homepage = "https://github.com/9999years/claude-mergetool";
     changelog = "https://github.com/9999years/claude-mergetool/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "Resolve Git/jj merge conflicts automatically with claude-code";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers._9999years ];
     mainProgram = "claude-mergetool";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/click/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/click/package.nix
index 15f231edc31f..1afd7f01f9a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/click/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/click/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Command Line Interactive Controller for Kubernetes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/databricks/click";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mbode ];
     mainProgram = "click";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudmonkey/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudmonkey/package.nix
index 34f60d86ea4b..b93780123a74 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudmonkey/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudmonkey/package.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "CLI for Apache CloudStack";
     homepage = "https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.womfoo ];
     mainProgram = "cloudstack-cloudmonkey";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cn/cnstrokeorder/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cn/cnstrokeorder/package.nix
index 44d4d21b886f..02b0f35635cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cn/cnstrokeorder/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cn/cnstrokeorder/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Chinese font that shows stroke order for HSK 1-4";
     homepage = "http://rtega.be/chmn/index.php?subpage=68";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.arphicpl ];
+    license = lib.licenses.arphicpl;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ johnazoidberg ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-files/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-files/package.nix
index 60ad181b1230..e2d15ae8d224 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-files/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-files/package.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-files";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-files/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     teams = [ lib.teams.cockpit ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-machines/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-machines/package.nix
index b58acdbcee30..96f4fb87e736 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-machines/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-machines/package.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     teams = [ lib.teams.cockpit ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-podman/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-podman/package.nix
index 7a5278395eed..f2419ca2f855 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-podman/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit-podman/package.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     teams = [ lib.teams.cockpit ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/codesearch/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/codesearch/package.nix
index bc55d87aaaa8..ef378b6f9396 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/codesearch/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/codesearch/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Fast, indexed regexp search over large file trees";
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/codesearch";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bennofs ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpplint/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpplint/package.nix
index 35df50e7375c..44c42719e0bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpplint/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpplint/package.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Static code checker for C++";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     mainProgram = "cpplint";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/da/daisydisk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/da/daisydisk/package.nix
index 784b352b8d82..3419cee31b3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/da/daisydisk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/da/daisydisk/package.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Find out what’s taking up your disk space and recover it in the most efficient and easy way";
     homepage = "https://daisydiskapp.com/";
     changelog = "https://daisydiskapp.com/releases";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ DimitarNestorov ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deniseemu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deniseemu/package.nix
index dfc536f64bec..4e2106e24685 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deniseemu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deniseemu/package.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/piciji/denise";
     downloadPage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/deniseemu/";
     description = "C64 / Amiga Emulator";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.matthewcroughan ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/descent3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/descent3/package.nix
index 5027a8bc12e7..bf77dcebd4b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/descent3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/descent3/package.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ runCommand "descent3-${descent3-unwrapped.version}"
     meta = descent3-unwrapped.meta // {
       # The code that produces the wrapper is in the Nixpkgs repo, and the
       # Nixpkgs repo is MIT Licensed.
-      license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
       longDescription = ''
         Playing Descent 3 using the Nix package manager is a little bit awkward
         at the moment. This wrapper makes it slightly less awkward. Here’s how
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deterministic-uname/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deterministic-uname/package.nix
index f83c4ef9c0d5..7f2047400999 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deterministic-uname/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deterministic-uname/package.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ replaceVarsWith {
       not intercept these calls, builds made on different kernels will produce
       different results.
     '';
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ artturin ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/em/emmy-lua-code-style/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/em/emmy-lua-code-style/package.nix
index 7cf1f72aafd1..e4597f81aadf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/em/emmy-lua-code-style/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/em/emmy-lua-code-style/package.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Fast, powerful, and feature-rich Lua formatting and checking tool";
     mainProgram = "CodeFormat";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nobbz ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/en/enpass-mac/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/en/enpass-mac/package.nix
index c03fd6eb77b1..34e3cfcdb9e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/en/enpass-mac/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/en/enpass-mac/package.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Choose your own safest place to store passwords";
     homepage = "https://www.enpass.io";
     changelog = "https://www.enpass.io/release-notes/macos-website-ver/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ DimitarNestorov ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ev/evmdis/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ev/evmdis/package.nix
index 5d028fc29d8f..c7d7fbff6166 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ev/evmdis/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ev/evmdis/package.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Arachnid/evmdis";
     description = "Ethereum EVM disassembler";
     mainProgram = "evmdis";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ asymmetric ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fe/fedimint/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fe/fedimint/package.nix
index 86dfd656f004..6b6e350358f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fe/fedimint/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fe/fedimint/package.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Federated E-Cash Mint";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dpc ];
     mainProgram = "fedimint-cli";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/engine.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/engine.nix
index 8b9e26d8e2d4..55ed135f8d7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/engine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/engine.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       aanderse
       McSinyx
     ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/game.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/game.nix
index c3868c8d2b3d..0ec86b74347b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/game.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare/game.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       aanderse
       McSinyx
     ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.cc-by-sa-30 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.cc-by-sa-30;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatcc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatcc/package.nix
index 23300be4a0e1..62d30133edb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatcc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatcc/package.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     mainProgram = "flatcc";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dvidelabs/flatcc";
     changelog = "https://github.com/dvidelabs/flatcc/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ onny ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/ford/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/ford/package.nix
index c2f5f3ebfd4c..3f2dcec9710b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/ford/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/ford/package.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Fortran documentation system";
     mainProgram = "ford";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sheepforce ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortls/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortls/package.nix
index d6b771aa8aa3..a08b22726716 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortls/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortls/package.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Fortran Language Server";
     mainProgram = "fortls";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortls";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sheepforce ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortran-language-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortran-language-server/package.nix
index 383732e2e574..04a61238dd86 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortran-language-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fortran-language-server/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     description = "FORTRAN Language Server for the Language Server Protocol";
     mainProgram = "fortls";
     homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/fortran-language-server/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sheepforce ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/freepv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/freepv/package.nix
index 8ccd3ff08afc..e37de84d89f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/freepv/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/freepv/package.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Open source panorama viewer using GL";
     homepage = "https://freepv.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fy/fyi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fy/fyi/package.nix
index c8218a4e8c19..e1ea4eaed3e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fy/fyi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fy/fyi/package.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fyi/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Command line utility to create desktop notifications";
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fyi";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "fyi";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ marnym ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geesefs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geesefs/package.nix
index be5ea1e7a896..658c16b34943 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geesefs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geesefs/package.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs";
     description = "Finally, a good FUSE FS implementation over S3";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.flokli ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "geesefs";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-absorb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-absorb/package.nix
index 711a366e1d26..e2cc2d6c46df 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-absorb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-absorb/package.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tummychow/git-absorb";
     description = "git commit --fixup, but automatic";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       matthiasbeyer
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-gr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-gr/package.nix
index fdfd2141f396..5fc3aa0fb75a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-gr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-gr/package.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     homepage = "https://github.com/9999years/git-gr";
     changelog = "https://github.com/9999years/git-gr/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "Gerrit CLI client";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers._9999years ];
     mainProgram = "git-gr";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-metrics/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-metrics/package.nix
index d5b1bb5b5590..1072b3574423 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-metrics/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-metrics/package.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jdrouet/git-metrics";
     description = "Git extension to be able to track metrics about your project, within the git repository";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       matthiasbeyer
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-point/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-point/package.nix
index 1420708e1cbc..75482bdd8d41 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-point/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-point/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
       lib.maintainers.qyriad
       lib.maintainers.philiptaron
     ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.fromSource ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     mainProgram = "git-point";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-prole/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-prole/package.nix
index 42d96fef65ec..e23acdab7709 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-prole/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-prole/package.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     homepage = "https://github.com/9999years/git-prole";
     changelog = "https://github.com/9999years/git-prole/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "`git-worktree(1)` manager";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers._9999years ];
     mainProgram = "git-prole";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-upstream/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-upstream/package.nix
index b63abd7f7981..c2a5f88777ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-upstream/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-upstream/package.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/9999years/git-upstream";
     changelog = "https://github.com/9999years/git-upstream/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Shortcut for `git push --set-upstream`";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers._9999years ];
     mainProgram = "git-upstream";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-vanity-hash/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-vanity-hash/package.nix
index 6179ecc4a2cc..911893091641 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-vanity-hash/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-vanity-hash/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/prasmussen/git-vanity-hash";
     description = "Tool for creating commit hashes with a specific prefix";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kaction ];
     mainProgram = "git-vanity-hash";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/goofys/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/goofys/package.nix
index 0a678d455e2d..3bf49d7232a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/goofys/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/goofys/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kahing/goofys";
     description = "High-performance, POSIX-ish Amazon S3 file system written in Go";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
     broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # needs to update gopsutil to at least v3.21.3 to include https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil/pull/1042
     mainProgram = "goofys";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpg-mdp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpg-mdp/package.nix
index 522cbc8852df..e62916a04459 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpg-mdp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpg-mdp/package.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://tamentis.com/projects/mdp/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/tamentis/mdp/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.isc ];
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
     description = "Manage your passwords with GnuPG and a text editor";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/greenx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/greenx/package.nix
index fb360c6728b8..16c1f586823d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/greenx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/greenx/package.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Library for Green’s function based electronic structure theory calculations";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     homepage = "https://github.com/nomad-coe/greenX";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sheepforce ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/greybird/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/greybird/package.nix
index 29bd35504195..f79e3ea6f623 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/greybird/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/greybird/package.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Grey and blue theme from the Shimmer Project for GTK-based environments";
     homepage = "https://github.com/shimmerproject/Greybird";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ]; # or alternatively: cc-by-nc-sa-30 or later
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus; # or alternatively: cc-by-nc-sa-30 or later
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.romildo ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guilt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guilt/package.nix
index 53d4e1249f9d..d3c0688368fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guilt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guilt/package.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/jeffpc/guilt";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ javimerino ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     mainProgram = "guilt";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ho/hotdoc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ho/hotdoc/package.nix
index 47862db4d978..26576ee89438 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ho/hotdoc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ho/hotdoc/package.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Tastiest API documentation system";
     homepage = "https://hotdoc.github.io/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ho/hover/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ho/hover/package.nix
index 90de28ebf09e..b2718923a68d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ho/hover/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ho/hover/package.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ let
     meta = {
       description = "Build tool to run Flutter applications on desktop";
       homepage = "https://github.com/go-flutter-desktop/hover";
-      license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+      license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
       platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
       maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ericdallo ];
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hu/hunspell/dictionaries.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hu/hunspell/dictionaries.nix
index 94eee9bece0f..45ab2f171315 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hu/hunspell/dictionaries.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hu/hunspell/dictionaries.nix
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ rec {
     meta = {
       description = "Hunspell dictionary for Russian, updated version as used in Mozilla products";
       homepage = "https://github.com/Goudron/ru-spelling-dictionary";
-      license = [ lib.licenses.mpl20 ];
+      license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibtool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibtool/package.nix
index 7729742bf4c5..9d87e11e4fe4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibtool/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibtool/package.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Apple's ibtool reimplementation";
     homepage = "https://github.com/viraptor/ibtool";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "ibtool";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.viraptor ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ik/ikill/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ik/ikill/package.nix
index 9c656b996fb8..1e19b3f531b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ik/ikill/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ik/ikill/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Interactively kill running processes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pombadev/ikill";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ zendo ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "ikill";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/is/iso-flags/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/is/iso-flags/package.nix
index d66e64f1ca16..679cb5edf42e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/is/iso-flags/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/is/iso-flags/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/joielechong/iso-country-flags-svg-collection";
     description = "248 country flag SVG & PNG icons with different icon styles";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.publicDomain ];
+    license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux; # the output assets should work anywhere, but unsure about the tools to build them...
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mkg20001 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ja/jackass/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ja/jackass/package.nix
index 99bba6cbcca1..50e820a7235c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ja/jackass/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ja/jackass/package.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       PowerUser64
       l1npengtul
     ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanji-stroke-order-font/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanji-stroke-order-font/package.nix
index e33bac6c9e31..3f88eee860ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanji-stroke-order-font/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanji-stroke-order-font/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Font containing stroke order diagrams for over 6500 kanji, 180 kana and other characters";
     homepage = "https://www.kanji.uk/";
 
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       ptrhlm
       stephen-huan
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/kx/kx-aspe-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/kx/kx-aspe-cli/package.nix
index 54ff953c63d4..e7e9d5ac1f46 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/kx/kx-aspe-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/kx/kx-aspe-cli/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Keyoxide profile generator CLI using ASPE";
     mainProgram = "kx-aspe";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nobbz ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libamplsolver/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libamplsolver/package.nix
index e836cc9a5741..e96a3604f7ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libamplsolver/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libamplsolver/package.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Library of routines that help solvers work with AMPL";
     homepage = "https://ampl.com/netlib/ampl/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aanderse ];
     # generates header at compile time
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdsii/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdsii/package.nix
index d7c011932808..7484d4837a3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdsii/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdsii/package.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Library and command-line utility for reading GDSII geometry files";
     mainProgram = "GDSIIConvert";
     homepage = "https://github.com/HomerReid/libGDSII";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       sheepforce
       markuskowa
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libr3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libr3/package.nix
index 1145b48362d9..647b91eb1f83 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libr3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libr3/package.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "High-performance path dispatching library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/c9s/r3";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libz/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libz/package.nix
index 6e351e7bb43e..dfde91c55dfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libz/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libz/package.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://sortix.org/libz/";
     description = "Clean fork of zlib";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.zlib ];
+    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lief/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lief/package.nix
index d91399f0d52e..4b87c777fb79 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lief/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lief/package.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Library to Instrument Executable Formats";
     homepage = "https://lief.quarkslab.com/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       lassulus
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ls/lsb-release/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ls/lsb-release/package.nix
index 4e5f82c2c8ab..a0d17aae335d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ls/lsb-release/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ls/lsb-release/package.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ replaceVarsWith {
   meta = {
     description = "Prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Distribution information";
     mainProgram = "lsb_release";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/marco/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/marco/package.nix
index 296c681f6282..7e830bfa5c06 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/marco/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/marco/package.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "MATE default window manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     teams = [ lib.teams.mate ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-calc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-calc/package.nix
index 3488fd4ba96f..91f18026e381 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-calc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-calc/package.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Calculator for the MATE desktop";
     homepage = "https://mate-desktop.org";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     teams = [ lib.teams.mate ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-polkit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-polkit/package.nix
index 49b7269fae3e..363842c17ebc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-polkit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-polkit/package.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Integrates polkit authentication for MATE desktop";
     homepage = "https://mate-desktop.org";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     teams = [ lib.teams.mate ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-system-monitor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-system-monitor/package.nix
index bc8715962c5e..06ece55fd14b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-system-monitor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-system-monitor/package.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "System monitor for the MATE desktop";
     mainProgram = "mate-system-monitor";
     homepage = "https://mate-desktop.org";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     teams = [ lib.teams.mate ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-tweak/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-tweak/package.nix
index 63cc32afbd25..ee347085be71 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-tweak/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mate-tweak/package.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     description = "Tweak tool for the MATE Desktop";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-tweak";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-tweak/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     teams = [ lib.teams.mate ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-open-on-gh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-open-on-gh/package.nix
index d922a63a13b8..841918c42094 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-open-on-gh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-open-on-gh/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "mdbook preprocessor to add a open-on-github link on every page";
     mainProgram = "mdbook-open-on-gh";
     homepage = "https://github.com/badboy/mdbook-open-on-gh";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mpl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook/package.nix
index fa23ac200d96..cceebdbc719a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook/package.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     mainProgram = "mdbook";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mpl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       Frostman
       matthiasbeyer
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mimeo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mimeo/package.nix
index 5edbcdaab098..4ac69cb3519a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mimeo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mimeo/package.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   meta = {
     description = "Open files by MIME-type or file name using regular expressions";
     homepage = "https://xyne.dev/projects/mimeo/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.rycee ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "mimeo";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/misc-gitology/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/misc-gitology/package.nix
index 2b6c9f735544..df4c21bfb68b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/misc-gitology/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/misc-gitology/package.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Assortment of scripts around Git";
     homepage = "https://github.com/da-x/misc-gitology";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers._9999years ];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/multipart-parser-c/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/multipart-parser-c/package.nix
index 5406e880379e..482167366e09 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/multipart-parser-c/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/multipart-parser-c/package.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Http multipart parser implemented in C";
     homepage = "https://github.com/iafonov/multipart-parser-c";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/multiqc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/multiqc/package.nix
index 320da0f89667..b8acb3350220 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/multiqc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/multiqc/package.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     '';
     homepage = "https://multiqc.info";
     changelog = "https://github.com/MultiQC/MultiQC/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.apraga ];
     mainProgram = "multiqc";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mustache-go/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mustache-go/package.nix
index 509484983afa..2e88898d9693 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mustache-go/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mustache-go/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cbroglie/mustache";
     description = "Mustache template language in Go";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Zimmi48 ];
     mainProgram = "mustache";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neural-amp-modeler-lv2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neural-amp-modeler-lv2/package.nix
index d0bc1b54563b..ee4e267442a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neural-amp-modeler-lv2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neural-amp-modeler-lv2/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.viraptor ];
     description = "Neural Amp Modeler LV2 plugin implementation";
     homepage = finalAttrs.src.meta.homepage;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
index 67f424342b6a..0f60677bb40c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ buildDotnetModule (finalAttrs: {
     mainProgram = "NexusMods.App";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       l0b0
       MattSturgeon
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nim-atlas/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nim-atlas/package.nix
index 4c8d92b3e095..bc35b46ba46d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nim-atlas/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nim-atlas/package.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildNimPackage (
     meta = final.src.meta // {
       description = "Nim package cloner";
       mainProgram = "atlas";
-      license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
     };
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
index 4e11d9a0d11d..475a5b7061d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
     finalAttrs.src.meta // {
       description = "Nim based tiling window manager";
       platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-      license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
+      license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
       maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.marcusramberg ];
       mainProgram = "nimdow";
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nitrokey-udev-rules/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nitrokey-udev-rules/package.nix
index ee66ef3a3618..5bb74b7f114d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nitrokey-udev-rules/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nitrokey-udev-rules/package.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "udev rules for Nitrokey devices";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-udev-rules";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.cc0 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.cc0;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       robinkrahl
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-your-shell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-your-shell/package.nix
index da3cc7c51d86..3dedca30b6e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-your-shell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-your-shell/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "`nix` and `nix-shell` wrapper for shells other than `bash`";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MercuryTechnologies/nix-your-shell";
     changelog = "https://github.com/MercuryTechnologies/nix-your-shell/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ _9999years ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixdoc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixdoc/package.nix
index 3d6c90120f14..0bb18b86aacd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixdoc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixdoc/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Generate documentation for Nix functions";
     mainProgram = "nixdoc";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nix-community/nixdoc";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       infinisil
       hsjobeki
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nm/nmh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nm/nmh/package.nix
index 49c9f935a20f..9ab44d38ce02 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nm/nmh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nm/nmh/package.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://nmh.nongnu.org/";
     downloadPage = "https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/nmh/";
     changelog = "https://savannah.nongnu.org/news/?group=nmh";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     longDescription = ''
       This is the nmh mail user agent (reader/sender), a command-line based
       mail reader that is powerful and extensible.  nmh is an excellent choice
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-monochrome-emoji/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-monochrome-emoji/package.nix
index 1cc052beeeee..3c2be5e1c90f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-monochrome-emoji/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-monochrome-emoji/package.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Monochrome emoji font";
     homepage = "https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Emoji";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.ofl ];
+    license = lib.licenses.ofl;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nicoo ];
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/oc/oci2git/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/oc/oci2git/package.nix
index 67de8e4ab9e2..e62c45995245 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/oc/oci2git/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/oc/oci2git/package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Introspecting Docker images as easy as using Git";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Virviil/oci2git";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Virviil/oci2git/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kpbaks ];
     mainProgram = "oci2git";
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapv/package.nix
index 27d31127a004..949b98b7dbac 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapv/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapv/package.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Reference implementation of the APV codec";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openorbitaloptimizer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openorbitaloptimizer/package.nix
index e7e74680acca..6b608bf94f66 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openorbitaloptimizer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openorbitaloptimizer/package.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Common orbital optimisation algorithms for quantum chemistry";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mpl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     homepage = "https://github.com/susilehtola/OpenOrbitalOptimizer";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sheepforce ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix
index e144e405b3a0..4bd91de3da4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "OpenTelemetry C++ Client Library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       jfroche
       panicgh
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openttd-ttf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openttd-ttf/package.nix
index 29c995ee948f..9aa45a2a1315 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openttd-ttf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openttd-ttf/package.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/zephyris/openttd-ttf";
     changelog = "https://github.com/zephyris/openttd-ttf/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "TrueType typefaces for text in a pixel art style, designed for use in OpenTTD";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sfrijters ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pe/pebble/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pe/pebble/package.nix
index 94cb097f5dfc..418e499bd84a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pe/pebble/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pe/pebble/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/letsencrypt/pebble";
     description = "Small RFC 8555 ACME test server";
     longDescription = "Miniature version of Boulder, Pebble is a small RFC 8555 ACME test server not suited for a production CA";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mpl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     mainProgram = "pebble";
     teams = [ lib.teams.acme ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgtop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgtop/package.nix
index fdb3153caf5f..3f868bbca6d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgtop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgtop/package.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cosimo/pgtop";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cosimo/pgtop/releases/tag/v${version}";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.hagl ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/piped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/piped/package.nix
index aab4f2408d10..4891ae99b3ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/piped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/piped/package.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped";
     description = "Efficient and privacy-friendly YouTube frontend";
     maintainers = [ ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.agpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkarr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkarr/package.nix
index fa5c8352b03c..f709cd6f4a17 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkarr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkarr/package.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Public Key Addressable Resource Records (sovereign TLDs) ";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pubky/pkarr";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dpc ];
     mainProgram = "pkarr-server";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prek/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prek/package.nix
index b55fcf3467ba..886b6b5b971a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prek/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prek/package.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Better `pre-commit`, re-engineered in Rust ";
     mainProgram = "prek";
     changelog = "https://github.com/j178/prek/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.thunze ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix
index d656565f7bee..88fb261a8415 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Prometheus Client Library for Modern C++";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jupp0r/prometheus-cpp";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/px/pxattr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/px/pxattr/package.nix
index 9d08f7b0d58e..a687b2514461 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/px/pxattr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/px/pxattr/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/pxattr/index.html";
     description = "Provides a single interface to extended file attributes";
     maintainers = [ ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "pxattr";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/py/python-caja/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/py/python-caja/package.nix
index b06000ba2e13..f7a09d2358a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/py/python-caja/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/py/python-caja/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Python binding for Caja components";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/python-caja";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     teams = [ lib.teams.mate ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix
index 7689932d4b7d..05ef22bf9596 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
     repo = "twemoji";
     tag = "v14.0.2";
     hash = "sha256-YoOnZ5uVukzi/6bLi22Y8U5TpplPzB7ji42l+/ys5xI=";
-    meta.license = [ lib.licenses.cc-by-40 ];
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.cc-by-40;
   };
 in
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake2sum/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake2sum/package.nix
index ca1d0ba0762e..94432adaf920 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake2sum/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake2sum/package.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   meta = {
     description = "Recursive blake2 digest (hash) of a file-system path";
     homepage = "https://github.com/crev-dev/rblake2sum";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dpc ];
     mainProgram = "rblake2sum";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake3sum/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake3sum/package.nix
index 041e24adfa2b..fffab405a351 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake3sum/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rb/rblake3sum/package.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   meta = {
     description = "Recursive blake3 digest (hash) of a file-system path";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rustshop/rblake3sum";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dpc ];
     mainProgram = "rblake3sum";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix
index 65d4a9e94dcb..2ab49b10190a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rakitzis/rc";
     description = "Plan 9 shell";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.zlib ];
+    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
     mainProgram = "rc";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rode-central/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rode-central/package.nix
index ce00b49fd866..8a33cb664e56 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rode-central/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rode-central/package.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Companion app for configuring compatible RØDE devices, unlocking advanced features, enabling or disabling functions and updating firmware";
     homepage = "https://rode.com/en-us/apps/rode-central";
     changelog = "https://rode.com/en-us/release-notes/rode-central";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ethancedwards8 ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ru/rusti-cal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ru/rusti-cal/package.nix
index 80021d927b1d..1321e9efee9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ru/rusti-cal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ru/rusti-cal/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Minimal command line calendar, similar to cal";
     mainProgram = "rusti-cal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/arthurhenrique/rusti-cal";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.detegr ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgx-azure-dcap-client/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgx-azure-dcap-client/package.nix
index f43d216c0bad..9136f196575f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgx-azure-dcap-client/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgx-azure-dcap-client/package.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       veehaitch
     ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/sha2wordlist/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sh/sha2wordlist/package.nix
index 89a79652d495..9b13df97c108 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sh/sha2wordlist/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/sha2wordlist/package.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Display SHA-256 as PGP words";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kirei/sha2wordlist";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ baloo ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     mainProgram = "sha2wordlist";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/silx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/silx/package.nix
index 3680545dafe8..831d13db6fff 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/silx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/silx/package.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://github.com/silx-kit/silx/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst";
     description = "Software to support data assessment, reduction and analysis at synchrotron radiation facilities";
     homepage = "https://github.com/silx-kit/silx";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.pmiddend ];
     mainProgram = "silx";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/simple-completion-language-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/simple-completion-language-server/package.nix
index f2cd825097f3..22602c56ae39 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/simple-completion-language-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/simple-completion-language-server/package.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   meta = {
     description = "Language server to enable word completion and snippets for Helix editor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/estin/simple-completion-language-server";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kpbaks ];
     mainProgram = "simple-completion-language-server";
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/sirula/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/sirula/package.nix
index 3497d5b3b4ec..b920a1d9400b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/sirula/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/sirula/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Simple app launcher for wayland written in rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DorianRudolph/sirula";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.atagen ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ss/sscg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ss/sscg/package.nix
index ee6ebf08e052..b5e566793798 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ss/sscg/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ss/sscg/package.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Simple Signed Certificate Generator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sgallagher/sscg";
     changelog = "https://github.com/sgallagher/sscg/blob/sscg-${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.lucasew ];
     mainProgram = "sscg";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/strip-ansi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/strip-ansi/package.nix
index f3b4a2bc106f..5234d420567d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/strip-ansi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/strip-ansi/package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/KSXGitHub/strip-ansi-cli";
     description = "Strip ANSI escape sequences from text";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers._9999years ];
     mainProgram = "strip-ansi";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tack/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tack/package.nix
index 6b4d448cb70b..2d721b691f76 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tack/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tack/package.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/manic-systems/tack";
     description = "flake-like toml nix pins, lazily fetched and transformed";
     mainProgram = "tack";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.eupl12 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.eupl12;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       amaanq
       atagen
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tarssh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tarssh/package.nix
index 883077cf6167..ce49bc4e3199 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tarssh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tarssh/package.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Simple SSH tarpit inspired by endlessh";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Freaky/tarssh";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sohalt ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "tarssh";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix
index e8a96d5ad13b..9fb8828d6d60 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Cross-platform library for building Telegram clients";
     homepage = "https://core.telegram.org/tdlib/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.boost ];
+    license = lib.licenses.boost;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [
       lib.maintainers.vyorkin
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/to/tox-node/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/to/tox-node/package.nix
index 23e54726ee64..b32442d36504 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/to/tox-node/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/to/tox-node/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Server application to run tox node written in pure Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tox-rs/tox";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       suhr
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tr/trillian/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tr/trillian/package.nix
index eba2bd270803..810028a124f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tr/trillian/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/tr/trillian/package.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/trillian";
     description = "Transparent, highly scalable and cryptographically verifiable data store";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tu/tuistash/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tu/tuistash/package.nix
index e8501de2845c..f5dc085c2585 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tu/tuistash/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/tu/tuistash/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Terminal User Interface for Logstash";
     homepage = "https://github.com/edmocosta/tuistash";
     changelog = "https://github.com/edmocosta/tuistash/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kpbaks ];
     mainProgram = "tuistash";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/uh/uhhyou-plugins-juce/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/uh/uhhyou-plugins-juce/package.nix
index 5474f2b31caf..e857beb564c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/uh/uhhyou-plugins-juce/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/uh/uhhyou-plugins-juce/package.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ryukau/UhhyouPluginsJuce";
     description = "A collection of VST3 effect plugins";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.agpl3Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ magnetophon ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtio-win/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtio-win/package.nix
index e7efbd8f26aa..d0dc8831dac3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtio-win/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtio-win/package.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Windows VirtIO Drivers";
     homepage = "https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html";
     changelog = "https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/CHANGELOG";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ anthonyroussel ];
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vp/vpl-gpu-rt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vp/vpl-gpu-rt/package.nix
index 83bb7cac0df3..262f788b358e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vp/vpl-gpu-rt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vp/vpl-gpu-rt/package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "oneAPI Video Processing Library Intel GPU implementation";
     homepage = "https://github.com/intel/vpl-gpu-rt";
     changelog = "https://github.com/intel/vpl-gpu-rt/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.rev}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       evanrichter
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vs/vst2-sdk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vs/vst2-sdk/package.nix
index 3f7986224c77..963b3ed36e73 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vs/vst2-sdk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vs/vst2-sdk/package.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ fetchzip {
       VST2 is proprietary, and deprecated by Steinberg.
       As such, it should only be used for legacy reasons.
     '';
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vx/vxl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vx/vxl/package.nix
index 66b394e582b5..fda48482e834 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vx/vxl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vx/vxl/package.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://vxl.sourceforge.net";
     # license appears contradictory; see https://github.com/vxl/vxl/issues/752
     # (and see https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK/pull/1920/files for potential patch)
-    license = [ lib.licenses.unfree ];
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/win-spice/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/win-spice/package.nix
index 42001872fadb..7727d02339f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/win-spice/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wi/win-spice/package.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Windows SPICE Drivers";
     homepage = "https://www.spice-space.org/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ]; # See https://github.com/vrozenfe/qxl-dod
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20; # See https://github.com/vrozenfe/qxl-dod
     maintainers = [ ];
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/yq/yq-go/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/yq/yq-go/package.nix
index 358a57af01d3..0b704772c8a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/yq/yq-go/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/yq/yq-go/package.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/raw/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/release_notes.txt";
     mainProgram = "yq";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       lewo
       prince213
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosonos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosonos/default.nix
index f72014c4dec4..be3a89e709e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosonos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosonos/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Async python library to communicate with Sonos devices";
     homepage = "https://github.com/music-assistant/aiosonos";
     changelog = "https://github.com/music-assistant/aiosonos/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.autrimpo ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyqt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyqt/default.nix
index a5bde7eecedd..ac0767293417 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyqt/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "PyQt/PySide compatibility layer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ales-erjavec/anyqt";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ales-erjavec/anyqt/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/baycomp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/baycomp/default.nix
index 0cc1c12743f2..06d982616bdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/baycomp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/baycomp/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Library for Bayesian comparison of classifiers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/janezd/baycomp";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-importreplace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-importreplace/default.nix
index d5216530c8b8..c9e403086caa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-importreplace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-importreplace/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Plugin for beets to perform regex replacements during import";
     homepage = "https://github.com/edgars-supe/beets-importreplace";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-ytimport/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-ytimport/default.nix
index 9b1de1ea6de0..96bc33466dd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-ytimport/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-ytimport/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Beets plugin to import music from Youtube and SoundCloud";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mgoltzsche/beets-ytimport";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap-teamvault/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap-teamvault/default.nix
index cdff1290a573..eade96fee469 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap-teamvault/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap-teamvault/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/trehn/bundlewrap-teamvault";
     description = "Pull secrets from TeamVault into your BundleWrap repo";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap/default.nix
index 25e44e8c4a22..8ca0a2f5b01d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bundlewrap/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Easy, Concise and Decentralized Config management with Python";
     changelog = "https://github.com/bundlewrap/bundlewrap/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
     mainProgram = "bw";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ wamserma ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabio/default.nix
index 38b6f00bedb4..41bb14718f87 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabio/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/silx-kit/fabio/blob/main/doc/source/Changelog.rst";
     description = "I/O library for images produced by 2D X-ray detector";
     homepage = "https://github.com/silx-kit/fabio";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.pmiddend ];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geometric/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geometric/default.nix
index 08301b669d5c..c0d3d2b766da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geometric/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geometric/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Geometry optimization code for molecular structures";
     mainProgram = "geometric-optimize";
     homepage = "https://github.com/leeping/geomeTRIC";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.markuskowa ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/i2c-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/i2c-tools/default.nix
index b6d21e76923b..2563da9b3181 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/i2c-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/i2c-tools/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
     description = "Wrapper for i2c-tools' smbus stuff";
     # from py-smbus/smbusmodule.c
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/intervaltree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/intervaltree/default.nix
index d5fce46a7cba..fee96111b4bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/intervaltree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/intervaltree/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Editable interval tree data structure for Python 2 and 3";
     homepage = "https://github.com/chaimleib/intervaltree";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bennofs ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lm-eval/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lm-eval/default.nix
index fb863b2add6f..268986754351 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lm-eval/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lm-eval/default.nix
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://github.com/EleutherAI/lm-evaluation-harness/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     description = "Framework for few-shot evaluation of language models";
     homepage = "https://github.com/EleutherAI/lm-evaluation-harness";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.booxter ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/logging-tree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/logging-tree/default.nix
index 3fff50fa2757..be87d9821fb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/logging-tree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/logging-tree/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Debug Python logging problems by printing out the tree of handlers you have defined";
     homepage = "https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/logging_tree";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.rskew ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/luigi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/luigi/default.nix
index eee8fc8b6f73..b13cb826c42a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/luigi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/luigi/default.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/spotify/luigi";
     changelog = "https://github.com/spotify/luigi/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
index 28f726541f1a..4ed430f34689 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     description = "Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     teams = [ lib.teams.python ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix
index 26f55b5a4fa4..81b68e2f2fc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Matplotlib utilities for the visualization, and visual analysis, of financial data";
     homepage = "https://github.com/matplotlib/mplfinance";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix
index 8d9507b2cd16..e6e9cffceb8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "PackBits encoder/decoder for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/psd-tools/packbits";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaskalono/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaskalono/default.nix
index 4107badf2fc2..0ab4a5078eab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaskalono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaskalono/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Python wrapper for askalono";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kumekay/pyaskalono/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/kumekay/pyaskalono/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ erictapen ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-openjpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-openjpeg/default.nix
index 02a303788162..8a256d8e0b8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-openjpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-openjpeg/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "J2K and JP2 plugin for pylibjpeg";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pydicom/pylibjpeg-openjpeg";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pydicom/pylibjpeg-openjpeg/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     # darwin: numerous test failures, test dependency pydicom is marked as unsupported
     broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasync/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasync/default.nix
index 110ecca557c0..db54bb345ed2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasync/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Allows coroutines to be used in PyQt/PySide applications by providing an implementation of the PEP 3156 event-loop";
     homepage = "https://github.com/CabbageDevelopment/qasync";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/range-typed-integers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/range-typed-integers/default.nix
index 735b328f5604..7e65bcf9b2bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/range-typed-integers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/range-typed-integers/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Package provides integer types that have a specific range of valid values";
     homepage = "https://github.com/theCapypara/range-typed-integers";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ marius851000 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/raven/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/raven/default.nix
index 1e8dde519a34..c60859c4ca77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/raven/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/raven/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Legacy Python client for Sentry (getsentry.com) — replaced by sentry-python";
     mainProgram = "raven";
     homepage = "https://github.com/getsentry/raven-python";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc7464/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc7464/default.nix
index b14108fa1064..80e1d3a590e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc7464/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc7464/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/moshez/rfc7464";
     description = "RFC 7464 is a proposed standard for streaming JSON documents";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ shlevy ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/serverfiles/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/serverfiles/default.nix
index d591c23b88c1..9e7c4204eee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/serverfiles/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/serverfiles/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Utility that accesses files on a HTTP server and stores them locally for reuse";
     homepage = "https://github.com/biolab/serverfiles";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/simpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simpy/default.nix
index d042bbde7d4f..235a80d747c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/simpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simpy/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/simpx/simpy";
     homepage = "https://simpy.readthedocs.io/en/${version}/";
     description = "Process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       shlevy
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stop-words/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stop-words/default.nix
index 996f9745fb0d..48466975bb9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stop-words/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stop-words/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Get list of common stop words in various languages in Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Alir3z4/python-stop-words";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lavafroth ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torcheval/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torcheval/default.nix
index 12e28344f615..ee1f23c50bf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torcheval/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torcheval/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     changelog = "https://github.com/meta-pytorch/torcheval/releases/tag/${version}";
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bengsparks ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm-multiprocess/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm-multiprocess/default.nix
index e01b5cc0fa0f..34b80ec4deea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm-multiprocess/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm-multiprocess/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   meta = {
     description = "Support multiple worker processes, each with multiple tqdm progress bars, displaying them cleanly through the main process";
     homepage = "https://github.com/EleutherAI/tqdm-multiprocess";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.booxter ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trubar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trubar/default.nix
index 6ef9e9c2f649..3c75addcebff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trubar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trubar/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Utility for translation of strings and f-strings in Python files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/janezd/trubar";
     changelog = "https://github.com/janezd/trubar/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tstr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tstr/default.nix
index cc1eb41c788b..648822f433a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tstr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tstr/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Backports of various template string utilities";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ilotoki0804/tstr";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sigmanificient ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-segmentation-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-segmentation-rs/default.nix
index 59208abaee74..36faccdf9852 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-segmentation-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-segmentation-rs/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Python bindings for the Rust unicode-segmentation and unicode-width crates";
     homepage = "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/unicode-segmentation-rs/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/unicode-segmentation-rs/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ erictapen ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vg/default.nix
index 478cb259250b..6ac879128c12 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vg/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Linear algebra for humans: a very good vector-geometry and linear-algebra toolbelt";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lace/vg";
     changelog = "https://github.com/lace/vg/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd2 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ clerie ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wand/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wand/default.nix
index 47f6a52a0bcf..f12f3643ae2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wand/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wand/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://docs.wand-py.org/en/${version}/changes.html";
     description = "Ctypes-based simple MagickWand API binding for Python";
     homepage = "http://wand-py.org/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/word2number/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/word2number/default.nix
index 0d5d92686d4d..43a70204b35c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/word2number/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/word2number/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/akshaynagpal/w2n/releases/tag/${version}";
     description = "Convert number words (eg. twenty one) to numeric digits (21)";
     homepage = "http://w2n.readthedocs.io/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.booxter ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/kde/misc/kdiagram/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/misc/kdiagram/default.nix
index 48355004b761..553b78f0de80 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/misc/kdiagram/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/misc/kdiagram/default.nix
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ mkKdeDerivation rec {
     qtsvg
   ];
 
-  meta.license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+  meta.license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/kde/misc/kdsoap-ws-discovery-client/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/misc/kdsoap-ws-discovery-client/default.nix
index aead489e80d4..d523ecb7d37c 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/misc/kdsoap-ws-discovery-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/misc/kdsoap-ws-discovery-client/default.nix
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ mkKdeDerivation rec {
 
   extraNativeBuildInputs = [ doxygen ];
 
-  meta.license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+  meta.license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/kde/misc/marknote/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/misc/marknote/default.nix
index b2698552c457..554ac2a8ba0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/misc/marknote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/misc/marknote/default.nix
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ mkKdeDerivation rec {
     kxmlgui
   ];
 
-  meta.license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+  meta.license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/kde/misc/plasma-pass/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/misc/plasma-pass/default.nix
index 579d0cbe4676..f953ac313123 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/misc/plasma-pass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/misc/plasma-pass/default.nix
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ mkKdeDerivation rec {
     qgpgme
   ];
 
-  meta.license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus ];
+  meta.license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/by-name/ic/ICU/package.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/by-name/ic/ICU/package.nix
index 300dd48f27f3..935dfd277a8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/by-name/ic/ICU/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/by-name/ic/ICU/package.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ let
 
     meta = {
       description = "Unicode and globalization support library with Apple customizations";
-      license = [ lib.licenses.icu ];
+      license = lib.licenses.icu;
       teams = [ lib.teams.darwin ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
       pkgConfigModules = [
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstflint_access/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstflint_access/default.nix
index a13b4c9d43f7..b2c6a3c87831 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstflint_access/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstflint_access/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Kernel module for Nvidia NIC firmware update";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Mellanox/mstflint";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thillux ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix
index 1959088b3436..72c3e812ddf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Dynamic tracing in Linux";
     mainProgram = "ply";
     homepage = "https://wkz.github.io/ply/";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       mic92
       snu
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix
index 534a9e98f13d..738406006b2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix
@@ -277,6 +277,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       citadelcore
     ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76-acpi/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76-acpi/default.nix
index 181695a948ed..1d75eca019da 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76-acpi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76-acpi/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ahoneybun ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Only ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [
       "i686-linux"
       "x86_64-linux"
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76/default.nix
index aaf33eb2eff4..5e18d1ff39cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/system76/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ahoneybun ];
-    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = [
       "i686-linux"
       "x86_64-linux"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index dfe9e57f7eb5..5b7534c412b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -38734,7 +38734,7 @@ with self;
     meta = {
       description = "Bindings allowing Xapian to be used from Perl";
       homepage = "https://xapian.org";
-      license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+      license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     };
   };