diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/PD.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/PD.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 21ac49c..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/PD.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [licensing]
-
-Index: modutils-initscripts-1.0/LICENSE
-===================================================================
---- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ modutils-initscripts-1.0/LICENSE	2010-12-06 14:26:03.570339002 -0800
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+Public Domain
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/modutils.sh b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/modutils.sh
index 67e1dcd..e9aaa66 100755
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/modutils.sh
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/files/modutils.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          module-init-tools
 # Required-Start:    
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb
index aa71309..8f4fdd7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 SUMMARY = "Initscript for auto-loading kernel modules on boot"
 SECTION = "base"
-LICENSE = "PD"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=7bf87fc37976e93ec66ad84fac58c098"
-SRC_URI = "file://modutils.sh \
-	   file://PD.patch"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://modutils.sh;beginline=3;endline=3;md5=b2dccaa94b3629a08bfb4f983cad6f89"
+SRC_URI = "file://modutils.sh"
 
 PR = "r7"