diff --git a/.ci/create-release-github.sh b/.ci/create-release-github.sh
index 0be6a39d2b..8557ed7e75 100755
--- a/.ci/create-release-github.sh
+++ b/.ci/create-release-github.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 OPERATOR_VERSION=$(git describe --tags)
 
 gh config set prompt disabled
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46f8bd781c..09ce4b790a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ensure-generate-is-noop: set-image-controller generate bundle
 .PHONY: all
 all: manager
 .PHONY: ci
-ci: license-check test
+ci: test
 
 # Run tests
 # setup-envtest uses KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS which points to a directory with binaries (api-server, etcd and kubectl)
@@ -345,13 +345,3 @@ api-docs: crdoc kustomize
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd -o $$TMP_DIR/crd-output.yaml ;\
 	$(CRDOC) --resources $$TMP_DIR/crd-output.yaml --output docs/api.md ;\
 	}
-
-.PHONY: license-check
-license-check:
-	@licRes=$$(for f in $$(find . -type f \( -iname '*.go' -o -iname '*.sh' \) ! -path '**/third_party/*' ! -path './.git/*' ) ; do \
-	           awk '/Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors|generated|GENERATED/ && NR<=3 { found=1; next } END { if (!found) print FILENAME }' $$f; \
-	   done); \
-	   if [ -n "$${licRes}" ]; then \
-	           echo "license header checking failed:"; echo "$${licRes}"; \
-	           exit 1; \
-	   fi
diff --git a/hack/install-kubebuilder.sh b/hack/install-kubebuilder.sh
index b0d368cc8b..216de0a329 100755
--- a/hack/install-kubebuilder.sh
+++ b/hack/install-kubebuilder.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 os=$(go env GOOS)
 arch=$(go env GOARCH)
 curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/releases/download/v2.3.1/kubebuilder_2.3.1_${os}_${arch}.tar.gz | tar -xz -C /tmp/
diff --git a/hack/install-kustomize.sh b/hack/install-kustomize.sh
index da139b9678..0b0405b436 100755
--- a/hack/install-kustomize.sh
+++ b/hack/install-kustomize.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 sudo curl -sL https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize%2Fv4.2.0/kustomize_v4.2.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xvz -C /usr/local/bin/
 export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
diff --git a/hack/install-kuttl.sh b/hack/install-kuttl.sh
index c1efe13977..760e786fe8 100755
--- a/hack/install-kuttl.sh
+++ b/hack/install-kuttl.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 sudo curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/kubectl-kuttl https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/releases/download/v0.12.1/kubectl-kuttl_0.12.1_linux_x86_64
 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl-kuttl
 export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
diff --git a/hack/install-metrics-server.sh b/hack/install-metrics-server.sh
index 26e8bc8faa..d63332d77f 100755
--- a/hack/install-metrics-server.sh
+++ b/hack/install-metrics-server.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 # Install metrics-server on kind clusters for autoscale tests.  Note: This is not needed for minikube,
 # you can just add --addons "metrics-server" to the start command.
 kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/releases/latest/download/components.yaml