diff --git a/src/template/ext/top/configure/RULES_JAVA b/src/template/ext/top/configure/RULES_JAVA
index 0421b60a6..88d397917 100644
--- a/src/template/ext/top/configure/RULES_JAVA
+++ b/src/template/ext/top/configure/RULES_JAVA
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
-# Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000 Argonne National Laboratory
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPICS