diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/DistributionAnalyzer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/DistributionAnalyzer.java
index 8f69dabc..9054a17d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/DistributionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/DistributionAnalyzer.java
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ private List<LicenseInfo> addLicensesFromJar(FileObject jar, FileObject localFil
                 licenseInfos = addLicensesFromPom(localFile, POM_XML);
             } else if (LicenseUtils.isManifestMfFileName(localFile)) {
                 licenseInfos = addLicensesFromBundleLicense(localFile);
-            } else if (LicenseUtils.isLicenseFileName(localFile)) {
+            } else if (LicenseUtils.isLicenseFileName(localFile.getName().getBaseName())) {
                 licenseInfos = addLicenseFromTextFile(jar, localFile);
             } else {
                 licenseInfos = Collections.emptyList();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtils.java
index 658bcda5..cfa0b35f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtils.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileContent;
-import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileName;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
 import org.spdx.library.InvalidSPDXAnalysisException;
 import org.spdx.library.model.license.AnyLicenseInfo;
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ public final class LicenseUtils {
 
     private static final String URL_MARKER = ":/";
 
-    private static final List<String> EXTENSIONS_TO_REMOVE = List.of(".html", ".php", ".txt");
+    private static final List<String> EXTENSIONS_TO_REMOVE = List.of(".html", ".md", ".php", ".txt");
 
     private static final Pattern NAME_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern
             .compile("(?<name>[A-Z-a-z])[Vv]?(?<major>[1-9]+)(\\.(?<minor>[0-9]+))?");
@@ -535,7 +534,8 @@ public static boolean isManifestMfFileName(FileObject fileObject) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns whether the given file object is a license text file. Matches files such as
+     * Returns whether the given file name is a license text file. Matches files such as
+     *
      * <ul>
      * <li>LICENSE.md</li>
      * <li>LICENSE</li>
@@ -544,25 +544,16 @@ public static boolean isManifestMfFileName(FileObject fileObject) {
      * <li>&lt;SPDX-LICENSE-ID&gt;.txt</li>
      * </ul>
      *
-     * @param fileObject the file object
-     * @return whether the given file object is a license text file
+     * @param fileName the file name
+     * @return whether the given file name is a license text file
      */
-    public static boolean isLicenseFileName(FileObject fileObject) {
-        FileName name = fileObject.getName();
-        String fileName = name.getBaseName();
-
+    public static boolean isLicenseFileName(String fileName) {
         if (LICENSE_FILE_PATTERN.matcher(fileName).matches()) {
             return true;
         }
 
-        String extension = FilenameUtils.getExtension(fileName);
-
-        if (StringUtils.equalsAny(extension, "", "txt")) {
-            String baseName = StringUtils.removeEnd(fileName, extension);
-            return LicenseUtils.isKnownLicenseId(baseName);
-        }
-
-        return false;
+        String baseName = FilenameUtils.removeExtension(fileName);
+        return LicenseUtils.isKnownLicenseId(baseName);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtilsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtilsTest.java
index ea2206e4..20f5bc3a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtilsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/pnc/build/finder/core/LicenseUtilsTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.spdx.library.InvalidSPDXAnalysisException;
 import org.spdx.library.model.license.InvalidLicenseStringException;
 import org.spdx.library.model.license.LicenseInfoFactory;
@@ -319,4 +320,10 @@ void testGetMatchingLicense() throws IOException, InvalidSPDXAnalysisException {
             assertThat(LicenseUtils.getMatchingLicense(fo)).isEqualTo("Apache-2.0");
         }
     }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = { "LICENSE", "LICENSE.md", "LICENSE.txt", "MIT-LICENSE", "MIT", "MIT.md", "MIT.txt" })
+    void testIsLicenseFileName(String fileName) {
+        assertThat(LicenseUtils.isLicenseFileName(fileName)).isTrue();
+    }
 }