diff --git a/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.go b/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64640b9980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+func downloadLicense(url, packageName string) error {
+	folderPath := filepath.Join(".", "internal", "embedded", "_data", "licenses", packageName)
+	licenseFileName := filepath.Join(folderPath, "LICENSE")
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(folderPath, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to download   license: %s (status code: %d)", url, resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	licenseFile, err := os.Create(licenseFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer licenseFile.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(licenseFile, resp.Body)
+	return err
+}
+
+func main() {
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile("(?i)COPYING|LICENSE|NOTICE.*")
+
+	licenses := []struct {
+		url         string
+		packageName string
+	}{
+		{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davecgh/go-spew/master/LICENSE", "github.com/davecgh/go-spew"},
+		{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexbrainman/sspi/master/LICENSE", "github.com/alexbrainman/sspi"},
+		{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmezard/go-difflib/master/LICENSE", "github.com/pmezard/go-difflib"},
+		{"https://go.dev/LICENSE?m=text", "go.dev"},
+	}
+
+	for _, license := range licenses {
+		err := downloadLicense(license.url, license.packageName)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error downloading license for %s: %v\n", license.packageName, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	licensePath := filepath.Join(".", "internal", "embedded", "_data", "licenses")
+	err := filepath.Walk(licensePath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if !info.IsDir() && !pattern.MatchString(path) {
+			if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println(path)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error cleaning up licenses:", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.py b/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 971a536e21..0000000000
--- a/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
-import requests
-import re
-
-def manual_license_download(url, package_name):
-    folder_path = os.path.join(".", "internal", "embedded", "_data", "licenses", package_name)
-    license_file_name = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(folder_path, "LICENSE"))
-
-    if not os.path.exists(license_file_name):
-        os.makedirs(folder_path, exist_ok=True)
-        with requests.get(url, stream=True, allow_redirects=True) as response:
-            response.raise_for_status()
-            with open(license_file_name, "wb") as license_file:
-                for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
-                    license_file.write(chunk)
-
-def main():
-    # Try to find all licenses via the go.mod file
-    go_bin_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "_cache")
-    os.environ["GOBIN"] = go_bin_path
-    os.system(f"go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest")
-    os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + go_bin_path
-    os.system(f"go-licenses save ./... --save_path=./internal/embedded/_data/licenses --force --ignore github.com/snyk/cli/cliv2/")
-
-    manual_license_download("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davecgh/go-spew/master/LICENSE", "github.com/davecgh/go-spew")
-    manual_license_download("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexbrainman/sspi/master/LICENSE", "github.com/alexbrainman/sspi")
-    manual_license_download("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmezard/go-difflib/master/LICENSE", "github.com/pmezard/go-difflib")
-    manual_license_download("https://go.dev/LICENSE?m=text", "go.dev")
-
-    # Clean up and print result
-    pattern = re.compile("COPYING|LICENSE|NOTICE.*", flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(".", "internal", "embedded", "_data", "licenses")):
-        for entry in files:
-            p = os.path.join(root, entry)
-            if not pattern.match(entry):
-                try:
-                    if os.access(p, os.W_OK):
-                        os.remove(p)
-                except:
-                    pass
-            else:
-                print(f"    {p}")
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.sh b/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.sh
index c50503bc2f..02aa779dd4 100755
--- a/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.sh
+++ b/cliv2/scripts/prepare_licenses.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
-PYTHON_VERSION=""
 
-if python3 -c 'print("python3")' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PYTHON_VERSION="3"
-fi
-
-python$PYTHON_VERSION $BASEDIR/prepare_licenses.py
+go run $BASEDIR/prepare_licenses.go