diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
index d305001a5c19..160b684330ef 100644
--- a/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ in mkLicense lset) ({
     free = false;
   };
 
+  aom = {
+    fullName = "Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0";
+    url = "https://aomedia.org/license/patent-license/";
+  };
+
   apsl20 = {
     spdxId = "APSL-2.0";
     fullName = "Apple Public Source License 2.0";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/video/svt-av1/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/video/svt-av1/default.nix
index fd572fabae3e..f040284dd6cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/video/svt-av1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/video/svt-av1/default.nix
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     changelog = "https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [
+      aom
       bsd2
-      {
-        fullName = "Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0";
-        url = "https://aomedia.org/license/patent-license/";
-      }
     ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     broken = stdenv.isAarch64; # undefined reference to `cpuinfo_arm_linux_init'