diff --git a/fs/cifs/trace.c b/fs/cifs/trace.c
index bd4a546feec1..465483787193 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/trace.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/trace.c
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
  *   Copyright (C) 2018, Microsoft Corporation.
  *
  *   Author(s): Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.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.
  */
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/fs/cifs/trace.h b/fs/cifs/trace.h
index fb049809555f..59be48206932 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/trace.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/trace.h
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
  *   Copyright (C) 2018, Microsoft Corporation.
  *
  *   Author(s): Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.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.
  */
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
 #define TRACE_SYSTEM cifs