diff --git a/.copywrite.hcl b/.copywrite.hcl
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index b26d46f2..00000000
--- a/.copywrite.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: This file is for HashiCorp specific licensing automation and can be deleted after creating a new repo with this template.
-schema_version = 1
-
-project {
-  license        = "Apache-2.0"
-  copyright_year = 2025
-
-  header_ignore = [
-    # internal catalog metadata (prose)
-    "META.d/**/*.yaml",
-
-    # examples used within documentation (prose)
-    "examples/**",
-
-    # GitHub issue template configuration
-    ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.yml",
-
-    # golangci-lint tooling configuration
-    ".golangci.yml",
-
-    # GoReleaser tooling configuration
-    ".goreleaser.yml",
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/tools/copywrite.go b/tools/copywrite.go
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index 92dbb3c6..00000000
--- a/tools/copywrite.go
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
-//go:build generate
-
-package tools
-
-import (
-	// copywrite header generation
-	_ "github.com/hashicorp/copywrite"
-)
-
-//go:generate go run github.com/hashicorp/copywrite headers -d .. --config ../.copywrite.hcl