diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
index d04ddf27b6965..7137dabfa5854 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
@@ -1208,8 +1208,12 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
     } else {
       const cleanRawSpec = cleanUrl(spec.rawSpec)
       log.silly('fetch manifest', spec.raw.replace(spec.rawSpec, cleanRawSpec))
-      const p = pacote.manifest(spec, options)
-        .then(mani => {
+      const o = {
+        ...options,
+        fullMetadata: true,
+      }
+      const p = pacote.manifest(spec, o)
+        .then(({ license, ...mani }) => {
           this.#manifests.set(spec.raw, mani)
           return mani
         })