diff --git a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
index 7323129..bce8a12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
@@ -133,10 +133,7 @@ jobs:
             if [[ -z $(which license-checker) ]]; then
               npm install -g license-checker;
             fi
-            # Need to put the env variable as local variable otherwise the space in "Public Domain" will be split
-            ONLY_ALLOW="$SPDX_ALLOWED_DELIMITED"
-            echo "SPDX_ALLOWED_DELIMITED is $SPDX_ALLOWED_DELIMITED"
-            echo "ONLY_ALLOW is $ONLY_ALLOW"
-            license-checker --production --onlyAllow "$ONLY_ALLOW" --unknown --out /dev/null --excludePackages $EXCLUDE_PACKAGES
+            SPDX_ALLOWED_DELIMITED=$(echo $SPDX_ALLOWED_DELIMITED | tr -d "\n")
+            license-checker --production --onlyAllow "$SPDX_ALLOWED_DELIMITED" --unknown --out /dev/null --excludePackages $EXCLUDE_PACKAGES
           done
           echo "Passed"