diff --git a/ci/setup_spack.sh b/ci/setup_spack.sh
index 6f4efe3590795e42e272dd60432bcc35f2c76d3b..4c50de38ba0d0d8aa79347faa3382a08716dbd29 100755
--- a/ci/setup_spack.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_spack.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -d "${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}/licenses" ]
 then
-  cp -r "${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}/licenses/*" ${STACK_LOCATION}/spack/etc/spack
+  cp -r "${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}/licenses" ${STACK_LOCATION}/spack/etc/spack
 fi