diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/musicpd/mpd_0.20.21.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/musicpd/mpd_0.20.21.bb
index ebae8a521e..c0d4c8c2b6 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/musicpd/mpd_0.20.21.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/musicpd/mpd_0.20.21.bb
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     expat \
 "
 
-# While this item does not require it, it depends on mpg123 which does
-LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
-
 SRC_URI = " \
     http://www.musicpd.org/download/${BPN}/0.20/${BP}.tar.xz \
     file://mpd.conf.in \