diff --git a/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.c b/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.c
index 45b947afcf9f..5dcbab6fd622 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.c
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
  * DMA-able FIFO implementation
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.h b/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.h
index 826c82f7f42c..c46a06336975 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/fwserial/dma_fifo.h
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
  * DMA-able FIFO interface
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #ifndef _DMA_FIFO_H_
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c b/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
index 57f0bc11099a..1993b03a6f2d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
  * FireWire Serial driver
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt