diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
index 3ba6de029c..d3fcd99deb 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class NpmRecipeHandler(RecipeHandler):
             license = data['license']
             if isinstance(license, dict):
                 license = license.get('type', None)
+            if 'MIT/X11' in license:
+                license = 'MIT'
         return license
 
     def _shrinkwrap(self, srctree, localfilesdir, extravalues, lines_before):