diff --git a/src/etc/checkstyle/RequiredHeader.txt b/src/etc/checkstyle/RequiredHeader.txt
index 706baa864..80f2af946 100755
--- a/src/etc/checkstyle/RequiredHeader.txt
+++ b/src/etc/checkstyle/RequiredHeader.txt
@@ -1,53 +1,16 @@
-/*
- * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
+/* 
+ * Copyright Apache Software Foundation
  *
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- * reserved.
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  *
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diff --git a/src/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-config b/src/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-config
index 7bed0d4b5..2039e1d7c 100644
--- a/src/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-config
+++ b/src/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-config
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <!-- required licence file -->
     <module name="Header">
         <property name="headerFile" value="${config.dir}/RequiredHeader.txt"/>
-        <property name="ignoreLines" value="4"/>
+        <property name="ignoreLines" value="2"/>
     </module>
 
     <!-- Import conventions -->