diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 45f9435fd8..7aa2e144eb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -584,19 +584,6 @@ python () {
                         bb.debug(1, "Skipping recipe %s because of incompatible license(s): %s" % (pn, ' '.join(incompatible_lic)))
                         raise bb.parse.SkipRecipe("it has incompatible license(s): %s" % ' '.join(incompatible_lic))
 
-        # Try to verify per-package (LICENSE_<pkg>) values. LICENSE should be a
-        # superset of all per-package licenses. We do not do advanced (pattern)
-        # matching of license expressions - just check that all license strings
-        # in LICENSE_<pkg> are found in LICENSE.
-        license_set = oe.license.list_licenses(license)
-        for pkg in d.getVar('PACKAGES').split():
-            pkg_license = d.getVar('LICENSE_' + pkg)
-            if pkg_license:
-                unlisted = oe.license.list_licenses(pkg_license) - license_set
-                if unlisted:
-                    bb.warn("LICENSE_%s includes licenses (%s) that are not "
-                            "listed in LICENSE" % (pkg, ' '.join(unlisted)))
-
     needsrcrev = False
     srcuri = d.getVar('SRC_URI')
     for uri in srcuri.split():
diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index 7fc8f33a98..3a0efa3ad6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ WARN_QA ?= "ldflags useless-rpaths rpaths staticdev libdir xorg-driver-abi \
             pn-overrides infodir build-deps src-uri-bad \
             unknown-configure-option symlink-to-sysroot multilib \
             invalid-packageconfig host-user-contaminated uppercase-pn patch-fuzz \
-            mime mime-xdg \
+            mime mime-xdg unlisted-pkg-lics \
             "
 ERROR_QA ?= "dev-so debug-deps dev-deps debug-files arch pkgconfig la \
             perms dep-cmp pkgvarcheck perm-config perm-line perm-link \
@@ -897,6 +897,25 @@ def package_qa_check_expanded_d(package, d, messages):
                 sane = False
     return sane
 
+QAPKGTEST[unlisted-pkg-lics] = "package_qa_check_unlisted_pkg_lics"
+def package_qa_check_unlisted_pkg_lics(package, d, messages):
+    """
+    Check that all licenses for a package are among the licenses for the recipe.
+    """
+    pkg_lics = d.getVar('LICENSE_' + package)
+    if not pkg_lics:
+        return True
+
+    recipe_lics_set = oe.license.list_licenses(d.getVar('LICENSE'))
+    unlisted = oe.license.list_licenses(pkg_lics) - recipe_lics_set
+    if not unlisted:
+        return True
+
+    package_qa_add_message(messages, "unlisted-pkg-lics",
+                           "LICENSE_%s includes licenses (%s) that are not "
+                           "listed in LICENSE" % (package, ' '.join(unlisted)))
+    return False
+
 def package_qa_check_encoding(keys, encode, d):
     def check_encoding(key, enc):
         sane = True