diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 28b69f5c2dc9..26cd9f8beb96 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ let
   allowUnsupportedSystem = config.allowUnsupportedSystem or false
     || builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM" == "1";
 
-  isUnfree = licenses: lib.lists.any (l:
-    !l.free or true || l == "unfree" || l == "unfree-redistributable") licenses;
+  isUnfree = licenses: lib.lists.any (l: !l.free or true) licenses;
 
   # Alow granular checks to allow only some unfree packages
   # Example:
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ let
 
   # Check whether unfree packages are allowed and if not, whether the
   # package has an unfree license and is not explicitely allowed by the
-  # `allowUNfreePredicate` function.
+  # `allowUnfreePredicate` function.
   hasDeniedUnfreeLicense = attrs:
     !allowUnfree &&
     hasLicense attrs &&