diff --git a/LICENSE-APACHE b/LICENSE-APACHE
index a51f59a06c9..016b1bc2e61 100644
--- a/LICENSE-APACHE
+++ b/LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@
 
    END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
-   Copyright 2018-2021 Sebastian Thiel, and [contributors](https://github.com/byron/gitoxide/contributors)
-
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
index 97c2fa7d852..969d061e8ba 100644
--- a/LICENSE-MIT
+++ b/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Sebastian Thiel, and [contributors](https://github.com/byron/gitoxide/contributors).
-
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights