diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6bb1c5e..8afc5e4 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@v6
-      - 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
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl b/.github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl
deleted file mode 100644
index 96579bb..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/copywrite.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-schema_version = 1
-
-project {
-  license          = "BSD-3-Clause"
-  copyright_holder = "CattleCloud LLC"
-  copyright_year   = 2025
-  header_ignore = [
-    "**/*.sh",
-    ".src/**",
-    ".bin/**",
-    ".github/**",
-    ".golangci.yaml",
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index 2438b2f..4be6132 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ tests:
 test unit:
     go test -v -count=1 -race -run {{unit}} 2>/dev/null
 
-# ensure copywrite headers present on source files
-[group('lint')]
-copywrite:
-    $GOBIN/copywrite \
-        --config {{scripts}}/copywrite.hcl headers \
-        --spdx "BSD-3-Clause"
-
 # apply go vet command on source tree
 [group('lint')]
 vet:
@@ -51,5 +44,4 @@ lint: vet
 [group('build')]
 init:
     go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.8.0
-    go install github.com/hashicorp/copywrite@v0.24.0