diff --git a/.rat-excludes b/.rat-excludes
index 46a5af02e5..fd95ec0afe 100644
--- a/.rat-excludes
+++ b/.rat-excludes
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ searchindex.js
 requirements.txt
 # vendorized
 vendor/*
+ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
diff --git a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 5de6cb6b0a..da30d3ba1d 100644
--- a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-specific language governing permissions and limitations
-under the License.
--->
 Make sure these boxes are checked before submitting your issue - thank you!
 
 - [ ] I have checked the superset logs for python stacktraces and included it here as text if there are any.
diff --git a/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 012fb23efd..7d662820df 100644
--- a/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-specific language governing permissions and limitations
-under the License.
--->
 ##### SUMMARY
 <!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->