diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index ed91a4b4db..adca881c85 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def expand_wildcard_licenses(d, wildcard_licenses):
     wildcards from SPDXLICENSEMAP flags and SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES values.
     """
     import fnmatch
-    licenses = []
+    licenses = wildcard_licenses[:]
     spdxmapkeys = d.getVarFlags('SPDXLICENSEMAP').keys()
     for wld_lic in wildcard_licenses:
         spdxflags = fnmatch.filter(spdxmapkeys, wld_lic)
diff --git a/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass b/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
index 6fb76be48e..2cfda81c99 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def write_license_files(d, license_manifest, pkg_dic, rootfs=True):
     import stat
 
     bad_licenses = (d.getVar("INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE") or "").split()
-    bad_licenses = map(lambda l: canonical_license(d, l), bad_licenses)
+    bad_licenses = [canonical_license(d, l) for l in bad_licenses]
     bad_licenses = expand_wildcard_licenses(d, bad_licenses)
 
     with open(license_manifest, "w") as license_file: