diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.c
index bff7ee026680481a1f5d33464cf4fad52f3c38cd..6046dcab51cc538b679428def22ff377a6fada7c 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.c
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-or-later OR BSD-2-Clause)
 /*
  * Simple streaming JSON writer
  *
  * This takes care of the annoying bits of JSON syntax like the commas
  * after elements
  *
- * 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.
- *
  * Authors:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
  */
 
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.h
index c1ab51aed99c59764a80d69c340dc688c033a06d..cb9a1993681c6e3997e07343b3d5c9a4a68b9e6e 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/json_writer.h
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
  * This takes care of the annoying bits of JSON syntax like the commas
  * after elements
  *
- * 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.
- *
  * Authors:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
  */