diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index ac162472268b..acd6791480a4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
  *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #ifndef _PARSE_EVENTS_H
 #define _PARSE_EVENTS_H
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer.h
index 5fa8292e341b..a2b522093cfd 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer.h
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
  *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #ifndef _KBUFFER_H
 #define _KBUFFER_H
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_function.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_function.c
index 7e8e29b43d1c..807b16e1bf0f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_function.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_function.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_futex.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_futex.c
index 5d76df141401..eb7c9f8a850a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_futex.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_futex.c
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2017 National Instruments Corp.
  *
  * Author: Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com>
  *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_hrtimer.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_hrtimer.c
index bb434e0ed03a..d98466788f14 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_hrtimer.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_hrtimer.c
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_jbd2.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_jbd2.c
index 04fc125f38cb..69111a68d3cf 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_jbd2.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_jbd2.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kmem.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kmem.c
index edaec5d962c3..4b4f7f9616e3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kmem.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kmem.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kvm.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kvm.c
index 768c658f5904..de76a1e79d9e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kvm.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_kvm.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_mac80211.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_mac80211.c
index 884303c26b5c..f48071e3cfb8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_mac80211.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_mac80211.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
index 957389a0ff7a..e12fa103820a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_tlb.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_tlb.c
index 1adade776306..43657fb60504 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_tlb.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_tlb.c
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
- * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
- *
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
