diff --git a/Makefile.mjs b/Makefile.mjs
index a82411efb823..567788439db0 100644
--- a/Makefile.mjs
+++ b/Makefile.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import "shelljs/make.js";
-import { default as path } from "path";
+import path from "path";
 import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
 import { writeFileSync } from "fs";
 
diff --git a/scripts/clone-license.js b/scripts/clone-license.js
index fbcd35dce01c..289519fe592a 100644
--- a/scripts/clone-license.js
+++ b/scripts/clone-license.js
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-import { default as shell } from "shelljs";
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import shell from "shelljs";
+import path from "path";
 
 console.log("Cloning LICENSE to babel packages");
 
+const LICENSE = readFileSync("LICENSE", "utf8");
+
+console.log(LICENSE);
+
 shell.ls("-d", "./packages/*/").forEach(dir => {
   if (
     !dir.match(
       /.*packages\/(babel-parser|babel-plugin-transform-object-assign)\/?$/
     )
   ) {
-    shell.cp("LICENSE", dir);
+    writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "LICENSE"), LICENSE);
   }
 });
 
 shell.ls("-d", "./eslint/*/").forEach(dir => {
   if (!dir.match(/.*eslint\/(babel-eslint-plugin)\/?$/)) {
-    shell.cp("LICENSE", dir);
+    writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "LICENSE"), LICENSE);
   }
 });