diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3160044..e1f6e05 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,3 @@ lint: gofmt golint staticcheck
 cover:
 	go test -coverprofile=cover.out -coverpkg=./... -v ./...
 	go tool cover -html=cover.out -o cover.html
-
-update-license:
-	@cd tools && go install go.uber.org/tools/update-license
-	@$(GOBIN)/update-license $(GO_FILES)
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 147f3cf..5ad25fc 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module go.uber.org/multierr/tools
 go 1.12
 
 require (
-	go.uber.org/tools v0.0.0-20190618225709-2cfd321de3ee
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029190741-b9c20aec41a5 // indirect
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 11e3ae3..6273acd 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
-go.uber.org/tools v0.0.0-20190618225709-2cfd321de3ee h1:0mgffUl7nfd+FpvXMVz4IDEaUSmT1ysygQC7qYo7sG4=
-go.uber.org/tools v0.0.0-20190618225709-2cfd321de3ee/go.mod h1:vJERXedbb3MVM5f9Ejo0C68/HhF8uaILCdgjnY+goOA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de h1:5hukYrvBGR8/eNkX5mdUezrA6JiaEZDtJb9Ei+1LlBs=
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHl
 golang.org/x/mod v0.0.0-20190513183733-4bf6d317e70e/go.mod h1:mXi4GBBbnImb6dmsKGUJ2LatrhH/nqhxcFungHvyanc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859 h1:R/3boaszxrf1GEUWTVDzSKVwLmSJpwZ1yqXm8j0v2QI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
index df93f07..d9c6f1d 100644
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ b/tools/tools.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2019 Uber Technologies, Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Uber Technologies, Inc.
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ package multierr
 
 import (
 	// Tools we use during development.
-	_ "go.uber.org/tools/update-license"
 	_ "golang.org/x/lint/golint"
 	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 )