diff --git a/lib/catalog.js b/lib/catalog.js
index 4948861ba473be3cfee55610c7047d72663be1ea..0772c1f9d48a62067da3b3692fe56fac45335bfe 100644
--- a/lib/catalog.js
+++ b/lib/catalog.js
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ function make_license(datapub, prefix) {
 			'url': datapub['license_identifier']
 		});
 	}
-	return licenses;
+	return [];
 }
 
 module.exports = {