diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/sox/sox_14.4.2.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/sox/sox_14.4.2.bb
index 21fddd1e19..4c3f37913a 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/sox/sox_14.4.2.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/sox/sox_14.4.2.bb
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d04fba2d9245e661f245de0577f48a33"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b45f598643ffbd8e363ff24d61166ccec4836fea6d3888881b8df53e3bb55f6c"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
+
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST", "commercial", "0", "1", d)}"
+