diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
index 35fdfa184985..3f523b948da6 100755
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
@@ -192,27 +192,6 @@ install() {
 
 # Create the init script, overwriting anything currently present
 cat <<SERVICEDESCRIPTOR > ${SVC_FILE}
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-#    The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
-#
-# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
-# description: Apache NiFi is a dataflow system based on the principles of Flow-Based Programming.
-#
 
 # Make use of the configured NIFI_HOME directory and pass service requests to the nifi.sh executable
 NIFI_HOME=${NIFI_HOME}