diff --git a/meta-openpower/conf/layer.conf b/meta-openpower/conf/layer.conf
index 6bc20a4..2cb27d2 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-openpower/conf/layer.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,3 @@
 BBFILE_PATTERN_openpower-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/"
 LAYERVERSION_openpower-layer = "1"
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_openpower-layer = "thud warrior"
-
-# Provide a variable that points the base of the openpower layer.
-OPENPOWERBASE = '${@os.path.normpath("${LAYERDIR}/")}'
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/configuration/openpower-yaml-config.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/configuration/openpower-yaml-config.bb
index 52ac769..39141ba 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/configuration/openpower-yaml-config.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/configuration/openpower-yaml-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Shared OpenPOWER configuration"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/dbus/openpower-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/dbus/openpower-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb
index 6f0771a..e0b296f 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/dbus/openpower-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/dbus/openpower-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 org.open_power interface prefix to the mapper \
 watch list."
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit phosphor-mapper
 inherit native
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/fsi/op-fsi.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/fsi/op-fsi.bb
index 7af9731..e056d6d 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/fsi/op-fsi.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/fsi/op-fsi.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Install FSI related services"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/checkstop-monitor.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/checkstop-monitor.bb
index 452cdeb..ebb3a2f 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/checkstop-monitor.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/checkstop-monitor.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "OpenPOWER Host checkstop monitor application"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 inherit allarch
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/hostboot-settings.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/hostboot-settings.bb
index 0a713e7..772a514 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/hostboot-settings.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/hostboot-settings.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "OpenPower Hostboot Boot settings tool"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 inherit allarch
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-cfam-override.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-cfam-override.bb
index e395841..769a134 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-cfam-override.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-cfam-override.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Applies user CFAM register overrides from file"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bb
index b911001..3743598 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Service to start POWER9 IPL through SBE"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-vcs-workaround.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-vcs-workaround.bb
index 43efeab..29167b0 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-vcs-workaround.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-vcs-workaround.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Apply fixes over FSI to POWER9 CPUs prior to host power on"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/hostboot-inventory-config-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/hostboot-inventory-config-native.bb
index b60a9e3..bd0a8ee 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/hostboot-inventory-config-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/hostboot-inventory-config-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Hostboot hostfw inventory map for phosphor-ipmi-fru"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-fru
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb
index b9fd605..6e2c1fc 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "OEM sensor config for phosphor-host-ipmid"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-whitelist-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-whitelist-native.bb
index 4ca07078..1c87587 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-whitelist-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/openpower-ipmi-oem-whitelist-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Whitelisted OpenBMC IPMI OEM commands"
 DESCRIPTION = "Whitelisted OpenBMC IPMI OEM commands for OpenPOWER based systems"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host-whitelist
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-hostname_1.0.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-hostname_1.0.bb
index 7f71e7c..f3f7d34 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-hostname_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-hostname_1.0.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Setup BMC Unique hostname"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch systemd
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-mac_1.0.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-mac_1.0.bb
index 1a1ee97..f67ddd4 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-mac_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/network/first-boot-set-mac_1.0.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Setup BMC MAC address read from VPD"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch systemd
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control-config-mrw-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control-config-mrw-native.bb
index 1b228ad..7960885 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control-config-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control-config-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "OpenPower OCC Control with MRW generated sensor IDs"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit openpower-occ-control
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb
index e04ebd9..3c9c8ea 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Inventory config for openpower-vpd-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit openpower-fru-vpd
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb
index 12e9f27..be0779f 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Inventory config for openpower-vpd-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit openpower-fru-vpd
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-example-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-example-native.bb
index c398cc8..67107a6 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-example-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-example-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "FRU properties config for openpower-vpd-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit openpower-fru-vpd
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb
index 0e32a42..42b1f37 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "FRU properties config for openpower-vpd-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit openpower-fru-vpd
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd-layout-native.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd-layout-native.bb
index e0717e3..5b01886 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd-layout-native.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd-layout-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "VPD layout for openpower-fru-vpd"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${OPENPOWERBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit openpower-fru-vpd