diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 851e4231d3ab..2e8957eac4d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
  *  data type definitions, declarations, prototypes
  *
  *  Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
- *
- *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
  */
 #ifndef _LINUX_HRTIMER_H
 #define _LINUX_HRTIMER_H
diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 0fdbdf17f8a2..5e77662dd2d9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2006, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2007, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
  * Copyright(C) 2006-2007, Timesys Corp., Thomas Gleixner
- *
- * This code is licenced under the GPL version 2. For details see
- * kernel-base/COPYING.
  */
 
 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 16dacc8d3ca2..f5cfa1b73d6f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
  *
  *	George Anzinger, Andrew Morton, Steven Rostedt, Roman Zippel
  *	et. al.
- *
- *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
  */
 
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index f4725f53d852..803fa67aace9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2006, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2007, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
  * Copyright(C) 2006-2007, Timesys Corp., Thomas Gleixner
- *
- * This code is licenced under the GPL version 2. For details see
- * kernel-base/COPYING.
  */
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 455b8d65a2b7..529143b4c8d2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2006, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2007, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
  * Copyright(C) 2006-2007, Timesys Corp., Thomas Gleixner
- *
- * This code is licenced under the GPL version 2. For details see
- * kernel-base/COPYING.
  */
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 1c8ad0fb33c0..f9745d47425a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2006, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  * Copyright(C) 2005-2007, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
  * Copyright(C) 2006-2007, Timesys Corp., Thomas Gleixner
- *
- * This code is licenced under the GPL version 2. For details see
- * kernel-base/COPYING.
  */
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 62ecb2a802ca..6fa52cd6df0b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  *  No idle tick implementation for low and high resolution timers
  *
  *  Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
- *
- *  Distribute under GPLv2.
  */
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index f81693cdf981..98ba50dcb1b2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
  * List pending timers
  *
  * Copyright(C) 2006, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>