diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index a4d5b04..946eadd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -8,16 +8,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'main'
 jobs:
-  run-copywrite:
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: hashicorp/setup-copywrite@v1.1.3
-      - name: verify copyright
-        run: |
-          copywrite --config .github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl \
-            headers --spdx "BSD-3-Clause" --plan
   run-tests:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl b/.github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl
deleted file mode 100644
index eae19e0..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-schema_version = 1
-
-project {
-  license          = "BSD-3-Clause"
-  copyright_holder = "CattleCloud LLC"
-  copyright_year   = 2024
-  header_ignore = [
-    "**/*.sh",
-    ".src/**",
-    ".bin/**",
-    ".github/**",
-    ".golangci.yaml",
-  ]
-}
-
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index f13bf1e..84f9bfe 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ tidy:
 test:
     go test -v -race -count=1 ./...
 
-# ensure copywrite headers present on source files
-[group('lint')]
-copywrite:
-    copywrite \
-        --config {{scripts}}/copywrite.hcl headers \
-        --spdx "BSD-3-Clause"
-
 # apply go vet command on source tree
 [group('lint')]
 vet:
@@ -44,4 +37,3 @@ lint: vet
 [group('build')]
 init:
     go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.62.2
-