diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-limma/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-limma/PKGBUILD
index 34d0574f34..a4fbe56841 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-limma/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-limma/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Linear Models for Microarray Data"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
-license=(GPL)
+license=('GPL-2.0-or-later')
 depends=(
   r-statmod
 )
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-limma/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-limma/lilac.py
index 2dfb55e88c..b5cdb057c5 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-limma/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-limma/lilac.py
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(
-        _G,
-        expect_license = "GPL (>=2)",
-    )
+    r_pre_build(_G)
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/PKGBUILD
index e23cf7b170..7449f7b965 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Spatial analysis of in situ cytometry data"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
-license=(GPL)
+license=('GPL-2.0-or-later')
 depends=(
   r-biocgenerics
   r-biocparallel
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/lilac.py
index 2dfb55e88c..b5cdb057c5 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spicyr/lilac.py
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(
-        _G,
-        expect_license = "GPL (>=2)",
-    )
+    r_pre_build(_G)
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py b/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
index aa06600635..922f9acab0 100644
--- a/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
+++ b/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ license_map = {
     "GPL (>= 2.0)": "GPL",
     "GPL (>= 3)": "GPL3",
     "GPL (>= 3.0)": "GPL3",
+    "GPL (>=2)": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
     "GPL-2": "GPL2",
     "GPL-2 | GPL-3": "GPL",
     "GPL-3": "GPL3",