diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1a3a1240f008ecffe6ec50123babc557e0da574..a2c86da5b76a53755b0c5aedb11fbc82837eb58d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,6 +122,6 @@ See [LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/LICENSE-MIT),
 [COPYRIGHT](https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/COPYRIGHT), and
 [NOTICE](https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/NOTICE) for details.
 
-`SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)`
+SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
-``LLNL-CODE-647188``
+LLNL-CODE-647188