diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1d7fae9..6ccb115 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-
-Thank you for contributing changes to this document! Because we use a central repository
-to synchronize this file across all our repositories, make sure to make your edits
-in the correct file, which you can find here:
-
-https://github.com/ory/meta/blob/master/templates/repository/CONTRIBUTING.md
-
--->
-
 # Contributing to ORY {{Project}}
 
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diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 70f1ef4..4268bcf 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-
-Thank you for contributing changes to this document! Because we use a central repository
-to synchronize this file across all our repositories, make sure to make your edits
-in the correct file, which you can find here:
-
-https://github.com/ory/meta/blob/master/templates/repository/SECURITY.md
-
--->
-
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diff --git a/templates/repository/common/CONTRIBUTING.md b/templates/repository/common/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 69fc926..b33e33c 100644
--- a/templates/repository/common/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/templates/repository/common/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-
-Thank you for contributing changes to this document! Because we use a central repository
-to synchronize this file across all our repositories, make sure to make your edits
-in the correct file, which you can find here:
-
-https://github.com/ory/meta/blob/master/templates/repository/common/CONTRIBUTING.md
-
--->
-
 # Contribute to Ory $PROJECT<!-- omit in toc -->
 
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diff --git a/templates/repository/common/SECURITY.md b/templates/repository/common/SECURITY.md
index 52387a3..7aa8d22 100644
--- a/templates/repository/common/SECURITY.md
+++ b/templates/repository/common/SECURITY.md
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-
-Thank you for contributing changes to this document! Because we use a central repository
-to synchronize this file across all our repositories, make sure to make your edits
-in the correct file, which you can find here:
-
-https://github.com/ory/meta/blob/master/templates/repository/SECURITY.md
-
--->
-
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