diff --git a/slices/base-files.yaml b/slices/base-files.yaml
index a22cd74a2..178ace716 100644
--- a/slices/base-files.yaml
+++ b/slices/base-files.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package: base-files
 
-essential:
-  - base-files_copyright
-
 slices:
   base:
     essential:
@@ -33,6 +30,7 @@ slices:
 
   tmp:
     contents:
+      # There is a copyright for this pkg
       /tmp/:
 
   var:
@@ -65,7 +63,3 @@ slices:
       /etc/lsb-release:
       /etc/os-release:
       /usr/lib/os-release:
-
-  copyright:
-    contents:
-      /usr/share/doc/base-files/copyright:
diff --git a/slices/libstdc++6.yaml b/slices/libstdc++6.yaml
index c51af2ff8..3c49e5880 100644
--- a/slices/libstdc++6.yaml
+++ b/slices/libstdc++6.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ slices:
       - libc6_libs
       - libgcc-s1_libs
     contents:
-      /usr/lib/*-linux-*/libstdc++.so.*:
+      # There is not copyright for this pkg
+      /usr/lib/*-linux-*/libstdc++.so*:
diff --git a/slices/readline-common.yaml b/slices/readline-common.yaml
index 85c5713d3..4a51a8c12 100644
--- a/slices/readline-common.yaml
+++ b/slices/readline-common.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ slices:
 
   copyright:
     contents:
-      /usr/share/doc/readline-common/copyright:
+      /usr/share/doc/readline-common/copyright: {until: mutate}
+      # This copyright exists, but let's delete it from the installation
+    mutate: |
+      test = content.read("/usr/share/doc/readline-common/copyright")