diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index 6a2998a..c20be98 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
              ast.NodeVisitor.generic_visit(self, node)

          def visit_Str(self, node):
-            find_license(node.s)
+            #
+            # Until I figure out what to do with
+            # the two modifiers I support (or greater = +
+            # and "with exceptions" being *
+            # we'll just strip out the modifier and put
+            # the base license.
+            find_license(node.s.replace("+", "").replace("*", ""))
              ast.NodeVisitor.generic_visit(self, node)

          def visit_BinOp(self, node):