diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb b/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb
index e0ed4a49e84..36fb70f3dff 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 license :project_license
 
+skip_transitive_dependency_licensing true
+
 build do
   env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)