diff --git a/platformio/package/manifest/schema.py b/platformio/package/manifest/schema.py
index 416dccfd..896c3649 100644
--- a/platformio/package/manifest/schema.py
+++ b/platformio/package/manifest/schema.py
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@ class ManifestSchema(BaseSchema):
     @staticmethod
     @memoized(expire="1h")
     def load_spdx_licenses():
-        version = "3.16"
-        spdx_data_url = (
-            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spdx/license-list-data/"
-            "v%s/json/licenses.json" % version
-        )
-        return json.loads(fetch_remote_content(spdx_data_url))
+        with open("@SPDX_LICENSE_LIST_DATA@/json/licenses.json") as f:
+            spdx = json.load(f)
+        return spdx