diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libossp-uuid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libossp-uuid/default.nix
index b1ccae4698c1..df7fc46b1e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libossp-uuid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libossp-uuid/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         short lifetime and to reliably identifying very persistent
         objects across a network.
       '';
-    license = "bsd2";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
   };
 }
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