diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 69070d399d70..2c97e8c2d29f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2010 IBM Corperation
  *
  * Author: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
- *
- * 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/time.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index b1abeac5f3f7..3bcc19ceb073 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -3,20 +3,6 @@
  * This file contains the functions which manage clocksource drivers.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 IBM, John Stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/kernel/time/jiffies.c b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
index 0deb0be2c445..dc1b6f1929f9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
-/***********************************************************************
-* This file contains the jiffies based clocksource.
-*
-* Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 IBM, John Stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
-*
-* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-*
-* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-* GNU General Public License for more details.
-*
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-*
-************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * This file contains the jiffies based clocksource.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 IBM, John Stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
+ */
 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/timecounter.c b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
index 933462326489..85b98e727306 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timecounter.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  * Based on clocksource code. See commit 74d23cc704d1
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/timecounter.h>