diff --git a/distribution/build.gradle b/distribution/build.gradle
index 2bcff235eee..3f3f924e16e 100644
--- a/distribution/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/build.gradle
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ subprojects {
       ],
 
       'license.name': [
-        'deb': oss ? 'ASL-2.0' : 'Elastic-License'
+        'deb': 'ASL-2.0'
       ],
 
       'license.text': [
diff --git a/distribution/packages/build.gradle b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
index f0385f19127..f599792cd08 100644
--- a/distribution/packages/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
@@ -494,7 +494,14 @@ subprojects {
           Path copyrightPath
           String expectedLicense
           String licenseFilename
-          copyrightPath = packageExtractionDir.toPath().resolve("usr/share/doc/elasticsearch-oss/copyright")
+          if (project.name.contains('oss-')) {
+            copyrightPath = packageExtractionDir.toPath().resolve("usr/share/doc/elasticsearch-oss/copyright")
+          }
+          // TODO - remove this block and only check for the OSS distribution
+          // https://github.com/opendistro-for-elasticsearch/search/issues/50
+          else {
+            copyrightPath = packageExtractionDir.toPath().resolve("usr/share/doc/elasticsearch/copyright")
+          }
           expectedLicense = "ASL-2.0"
           licenseFilename = "APACHE-LICENSE-2.0.txt"
           final List<String> header = Arrays.asList("Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/",