diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index e42cbc561c235abecab48801f8f7e36c20d0e843..072cc3db53648c4909059950c19ce5629317e209 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -23928,7 +23928,9 @@ (define-public python-sane
     (synopsis "Python interface to the SANE scanner")
     (description "This package provides Python interface to the SANE scanner
 and frame grabber interface.")
-    (license license:expat)))
+    (license (license:non-copyleft
+               ;; Yet another variant of the X/MIT license.
+               "https://github.com/python-pillow/Sane/blob/master/COPYING"))))
 
 (define-public python-screenkey
   (package