diff --git a/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/main/kotlin/ScanCodeConfig.kt b/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/main/kotlin/ScanCodeConfig.kt
index 60bf0458b1f9e..d182583825e03 100644
--- a/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/main/kotlin/ScanCodeConfig.kt
+++ b/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/main/kotlin/ScanCodeConfig.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ data class ScanCodeConfig(
             "--copyright",
             "--license",
             "--info",
-            "--strip-root",
             "--timeout ${DEFAULT_TIMEOUT.inWholeSeconds}"
         )
 
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ data class ScanCodeConfig(
          */
         private val DEFAULT_COMMAND_LINE_NON_CONFIG_OPTIONS = listOf(
             "--json-pp",
+            "--strip-root",
             "--processes", max(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() - 1).toString()
         )
 
diff --git a/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/test/kotlin/ScanCodeTest.kt b/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/test/kotlin/ScanCodeTest.kt
index 313d1dcd8f5cb..c39ff913c5922 100644
--- a/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/test/kotlin/ScanCodeTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/scanners/scancode/src/test/kotlin/ScanCodeTest.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ScanCodeTest : WordSpec({
 
     "configuration" should {
         "return the default values if the scanner configuration is empty" {
-            scanner.configuration shouldBe "--copyright --license --info --strip-root --timeout 300"
+            scanner.configuration shouldBe "--copyright --license --info --timeout 300"
         }
 
         "return the non-config values from the scanner configuration" {
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ class ScanCodeTest : WordSpec({
     "getCommandLineOptions()" should {
         "contain the default values if the scanner configuration is empty" {
             scanner.getCommandLineOptions("31.2.4").joinToString(" ") shouldMatch
-                "--copyright --license --info --strip-root --timeout 300 --json-pp --processes \\d+"
+                "--copyright --license --info --timeout 300 --json-pp --strip-root --processes \\d+"
             scanner.getCommandLineOptions("32.0.0").joinToString(" ") shouldMatch
-                "--copyright --license --info --strip-root --timeout 300 --json-pp --processes \\d+ " +
+                "--copyright --license --info --timeout 300 --json-pp --strip-root --processes \\d+ " +
                 "--license-references"
         }