diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb b/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb
index e2c6308ebe..9322242d61 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/server-ctl-cookbooks.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 license :project_license
 
+skip_transitive_dependency_licensing true
+
 build do
   env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)