diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index b4aa6bb6b2bd..da06a5553835 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Kernel Debug Core
  *
@@ -22,10 +23,6 @@
  *
  * Original KGDB stub: David Grothe <dave@gcom.com>,
  * Tigran Aivazian <tigran@sco.com>
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any
- * kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "KGDB: " fmt
diff --git a/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c b/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c
index b6f28fad4307..9d34d2364b5a 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Kernel Debug Core
  *
@@ -22,10 +23,6 @@
  *
  * Original KGDB stub: David Grothe <dave@gcom.com>,
  * Tigran Aivazian <tigran@sco.com>
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any
- * kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>