diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/detect_packages_licenses b/Scripts/developer_scripts/detect_packages_licenses
index 4de2ca84b08..3cf1d17983c 100755
--- a/Scripts/developer_scripts/detect_packages_licenses
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/detect_packages_licenses
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for p in ^*build*(/); do
       l=`licensecheck -r $p/include $p/src | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | grep -v BSL | sed -e 's/GENERATED FILE//' | sort -u`
       if [ "x`echo $l | wc -l`" = "x1" ]; then
           echo $l > "$licFile"
-      elif [ -z "`echo $l | grep -Eq '^L?GPL \(v3 or later\) *$'`" ]; then 
+      elif [ -z "`echo $l | grep -Ev '^L?GPL \(v3 or later\) *$'`" ]; then 
           echo 'GPL (v3 or later) ' > "$licFile"
       else
           echo "MULTIPLE!" > "$licFile";