diff --git a/.copywrite.hcl b/.copywrite.hcl
index 9c2e0c0310..7088df0e14 100644
--- a/.copywrite.hcl
+++ b/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ project {
 
     # ignoring charts templates as adding copyright headers breaks all tests
     "charts/consul/templates/**",
+    # we don't own these and copyright headers break them
+    "control-plane/config/crds/external/**",
 
   ]
 }
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/.yml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c4837ac2c7..0000000000
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
-
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/gatewayclasses.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/gatewayclasses.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index 044c7af939..ff0b2fc2f6 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/gatewayclasses.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/gatewayclasses.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/gateways.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/gateways.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index b7a7c8a7d1..fa64481667 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/gateways.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/gateways.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/grpcroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/grpcroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index 8f3ab6d385..8d190ea7b6 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/grpcroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/grpcroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/httproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/httproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index b455d788de..90c151a787 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/httproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/httproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/referencegrants.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/referencegrants.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index cd39b9c12a..5eee4889a4 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/referencegrants.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/referencegrants.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/tcproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/tcproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index 906b442d31..a136b28f41 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/tcproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/tcproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/tlsroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/tlsroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index 2e22b04ef0..cc3cf65d6c 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/tlsroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/tlsroutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/crd/external/udproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml b/control-plane/config/crd/external/udproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
index 19b03dcd0b..204f8e4824 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/crd/external/udproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/crd/external/udproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata: