diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
index 7dee0da9eed..d111f870069 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
   meta = { 
     description = "Bindings for the Xapian library";
     homepage = xapian.meta.homepage;
-    license = "GPLv2+";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
index ac86c24af6c..bd9bb220b78 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = { 
     description = "Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval library";
     homepage = "http://xapian.org";
-    license = "GPLv2+";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
 }