diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
index be145625df..f02137faf4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
@@ -140,13 +140,12 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def create_formula(args:)
-    fc = FormulaCreator.new(args.set_name, args.set_version, fetch: !args.no_fetch?, head: args.HEAD?)
+    fc = FormulaCreator.new(args.set_name, args.set_version, license: args.set_license, fetch: !args.no_fetch?, head: args.HEAD?)
     if fc.name.blank?
       stem = Pathname.new(args.named.first).stem.rpartition("=").last
       print "Formula name [#{stem}]: "
       fc.name = __gets || stem
     end
-    fc.license = args.set_license
     fc.tap = Tap.fetch(args.tap || "homebrew/core")
     raise TapUnavailableError, fc.tap.name unless fc.tap.installed?
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
index 24ed6e0962..01fcfee9e6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ module Homebrew
   # @api private
   class FormulaCreator
     attr_reader :url, :sha256, :desc, :homepage
-    attr_accessor :name, :tap, :mode, :license
+    attr_accessor :name, :tap, :mode
 
-    def initialize(name, version, fetch: true, head: false)
+    def initialize(name, version, license:, fetch: true, head: false)
       @name = name
       @version = Version.new(version) if version
+      @license = license
       @fetch = fetch
       @head = head
     end
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ module Homebrew
         <% end %>
           sha256 "#{sha256}"
         <% end %>
-          license "#{license}"
+          license "#{@license}"
         <% if @head %>
           head "#{url}"
         <% end %>