diff --git a/bind.go b/bind.go
index 3d73b5c5..589a9d80 100644
--- a/bind.go
+++ b/bind.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 package ldap
 
 import (
diff --git a/compare.go b/compare.go
index cc6d2af5..82dca33c 100644
--- a/compare.go
+++ b/compare.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//
 // File contains Compare functionality
 //
 // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index eb28eb47..96aab6b8 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 package ldap
 
 import (
diff --git a/control.go b/control.go
index 342f325c..b7f181f2 100644
--- a/control.go
+++ b/control.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 package ldap
 
 import (
diff --git a/dn.go b/dn.go
index 34e9023a..1ee9a1b9 100644
--- a/dn.go
+++ b/dn.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//
 // File contains DN parsing functionality
 //
 // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4514
diff --git a/filter.go b/filter.go
index 3858a286..4cc4207b 100644
--- a/filter.go
+++ b/filter.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 package ldap
 
 import (
diff --git a/ldap.go b/ldap.go
index 49692475..fe774b54 100644
--- a/ldap.go
+++ b/ldap.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 package ldap
 
 import (
diff --git a/modify.go b/modify.go
index e4ab6cef..2e0353b8 100644
--- a/modify.go
+++ b/modify.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//
 // File contains Modify functionality
 //
 // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511
diff --git a/search.go b/search.go
index d6757805..7b475c58 100644
--- a/search.go
+++ b/search.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//
 // File contains Search functionality
 //
 // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511