diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
index 2c5a8190d5cef..05ee90a5ea08b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 # Makefile for kernel virtual machines on s390
 #
 # Copyright IBM Corp. 2008
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
 common-objs = $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o  $(KVM)/async_pf.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c b/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c
index 481e1fe6095f3..89aa114a2cbad 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2011
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
index 443b7fa82d568..f4c51756c4623 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c b/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c
index d6a1bead813cf..b5f3e82006d0b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c b/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c
index fc76a91a78209..9c7d707158622 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
index f37a34ea16011..024ad8bcc5165 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2015
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h b/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h
index 54a4a59cb4f9c..484608c71dd01 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
  */
 #ifndef __KVM_IRQ_H
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 0d45e32dd868f..34375eed93ee2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2009
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  *               Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
index 9777924c4b5ca..5e46ba429bcb4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2009
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@de.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
index c9d962ac140b2..28b69ab56b7b3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2013
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c b/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c
index d12ac5d6e8bb7..c1f5cde2c878e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2013
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@de.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
index d2b7886da4440..5d6ae0326d9e8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2016
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>