diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 085bb36..8898882 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -356,13 +356,6 @@ python () {
         raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("because it has a restricted license (%s) not"
              " whitelisted in LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST" % unmatched_license_flag)
 
-    commercial_license = " %s " % d.getVar('COMMERCIAL_LICENSE', 1)
-    import re
-    pnr = "[ \t]%s[ \t]" % pn.replace('+', "\+")
-    if commercial_license and re.search(pnr, commercial_license):
-        bb.debug(1, "Skipping %s because it's commercially licensed" % pn)
-        raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("because it may require a commercial license to ship in a product (listed in COMMERCIAL_LICENSE)")
-
     # If we're building a target package we need to use fakeroot (pseudo)
     # in order to capture permissions, owners, groups and special files
     if not bb.data.inherits_class('native', d) and not bb.data.inherits_class('cross', d):