diff --git a/libraries/databaseTools.py b/libraries/databaseTools.py
index 5875d47fd..23e54c551 100644
--- a/libraries/databaseTools.py
+++ b/libraries/databaseTools.py
@@ -2501,14 +2501,13 @@ class etpDatabase:
             licname = licname.strip()
             if not entropyTools.is_valid_string(licname):
                 continue
+
+            self.connection.text_factory = lambda x: unicode(x, "raw_unicode_escape")
+
             self.cursor.execute('SELECT text FROM licensedata WHERE licensename = (?)', (licname,))
             lictext = self.cursor.fetchone()
             if lictext != None:
-                lictext = lictext[0]
-                if type(lictext) is unicode: # should always be a buffer btw
-                    licdata[licname] = lictext
-                else:
-                    licdata[licname] = unicode(lictext, "raw_unicode_escape")
+                licdata[licname] = lictext[0]
 
         self.storeInfoCache(idpackage,'retrieveLicensedata',licdata)
         return licdata
diff --git a/libraries/entropyTools.py b/libraries/entropyTools.py
index e3d10e21e..fcc9decff 100644
--- a/libraries/entropyTools.py
+++ b/libraries/entropyTools.py
@@ -2117,11 +2117,8 @@ def extractPkgData(package, etpBranch = etpConst['branch'], silent = False, inje
             licfile = os.path.join(licenses_dir,mylicense)
             if os.access(licfile,os.R_OK):
                 if istextfile(licfile):
-                    f = open(licfile,"rb")
-                    f.seek(0,2)
-                    size = f.tell()
-                    f.seek(0)
-                    data['licensedata'][mylicense] = f.read(size)
+                    f = open(licfile)
+                    data['licensedata'][mylicense] = f.read()
                     f.close()
 
     if not silent: print_info(yellow(" * ")+red(info_package+"Getting package mirrors list..."),back = True)