diff --git a/genl/ctrl.c b/genl/ctrl.c
index 549bc663..a2d87af0 100644
--- a/genl/ctrl.c
+++ b/genl/ctrl.c
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * ctrl.c	generic netlink controller
  *
- *		This program is free software; you can distribute 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:	J Hadi Salim (hadi@cyberus.ca)
  *		Johannes Berg (johannes@sipsolutions.net)
  */
diff --git a/genl/genl.c b/genl/genl.c
index 6557e6bc..85cc73bb 100644
--- a/genl/genl.c
+++ b/genl/genl.c
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * genl.c		"genl" utility frontend.
  *
- *		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:	Jamal Hadi Salim
- *
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>