diff --git a/package/libsysfs/libsysfs.mk b/package/libsysfs/libsysfs.mk
index 04ad695..da4db6f 100644
--- a/package/libsysfs/libsysfs.mk
+++ b/package/libsysfs/libsysfs.mk
@@ -3,23 +3,6 @@
 # libsysfs
 #
 #############################################################
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
-# Copyright (C) 2002 by Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Library 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
-# Library General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
-# USA
 
 LIBSYSFS_VERSION = 2.1.0
 LIBSYSFS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/linux-diag/sysfsutils/$(LIBSYSFS_VERSION)
diff --git a/package/lrzsz/lrzsz.mk b/package/lrzsz/lrzsz.mk
index 1f58e63..14545d1 100644
--- a/package/lrzsz/lrzsz.mk
+++ b/package/lrzsz/lrzsz.mk
@@ -3,23 +3,7 @@
 # lrzsz (provides zmodem)
 #
 #############################################################
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
-# Copyright (C) 2002 by Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
-# License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# Library General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
-# USA
+
 LRZSZ_VERSION = 0.12.20
 LRZSZ_SITE = http://www.ohse.de/uwe/releases
 LRZSZ_SOURCE = lrzsz-$(LRZSZ_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 4c48e8d..2cfd332 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -4,25 +4,7 @@
 # this installs only a few vital termcap entries
 #
 #############################################################
-# Copyright (C) 2002 by Ken Restivo <ken@246gt.com>
-# $Id: ncurses.mk,v 1.7 2005/01/03 04:38:13 andersen Exp $
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Library 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
-# Library General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
-# USA
 
-# TARGETS
 NCURSES_VERSION = 5.9
 NCURSES_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ncurses
 NCURSES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
diff --git a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
index 96414ef..7ca3770 100644
--- a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
+++ b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # tcpdump
 #
 #############################################################
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
-# Copyright (C) 2002 by Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org>
 
 TCPDUMP_VERSION = 4.3.0
 TCPDUMP_SITE = http://www.tcpdump.org/release
