diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index ef92fba..375ac25 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@v4
-      - 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/Justfile b/Justfile
index 00d55ed..f1213bf 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ test unit:
 tests:
     go test -count=1 -race ./... 2>/dev/null
 
-# 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: