diff --git a/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-configuration.xml b/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-configuration.xml
index aa568853..fbc3b3f9 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-configuration.xml
+++ b/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-configuration.xml
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!-- 
-/*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
- * 
- * 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.
- */
- -->
-
 <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
     "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.1//EN"
     "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_1.dtd">