diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2a0b5929..57e884834 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ deps/
 **/*.enterprise.go
 **/enterprise/**
 enterprise.mk
-local/
\ No newline at end of file
+local/
+tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d3812474..264198137 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ GOLANGCI_ENABLED=deadcode gosimple govet ineffassign staticcheck structcheck typ
 .PHONY: license-verify
 license-verify:
 	@echo ">> Verify license of files"
-	@$(GOPATH)/bin/addlicense -f "./tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt" -check $(SOURCES)
+	@$(GOPATH)/bin/addlicense -f "./tools/codegen/license-header.txt" -check $(SOURCES)
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt:
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fmt:
 .PHONY: license
 license:
 	@echo ">> Ensuring license of files"
-	@$(GOPATH)/bin/addlicense -f "./tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt" $(SOURCES)
+	@$(GOPATH)/bin/addlicense -f "./tools/codegen/license-header.txt" $(SOURCES)
 
 .PHONY: fmt-verify
 fmt-verify: license-verify
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ update-generated:
 	@rm -fr $(ORGDIR)
 	@mkdir -p $(ORGDIR)
 	@ln -s -f $(SCRIPTDIR) $(ORGDIR)/kube-arangodb
+	@sed -e 's/^/\/\/ /' -e 's/ *$$//' $(ROOTDIR)/tools/codegen/license-header.txt > $(ROOTDIR)/tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt
 	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) $(VENDORDIR)/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh  \
 			"all" \
 			"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/generated" \
diff --git a/tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt b/tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d60a0ed8..000000000
--- a/tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-//
-// DISCLAIMER
-//
-// Copyright 2016-2022 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
-//
-// 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.
-//
-// Copyright holder is ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
-//
diff --git a/tools/codegen/license-header.txt b/tools/codegen/license-header.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58980cbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/codegen/license-header.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+DISCLAIMER
+
+Copyright 2016-2022 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+
+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.
+
+Copyright holder is ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+