diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
index 58010b3..1ec0ab4 100644
--- a/LICENSE-MIT
+++ b/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-http_parser.c is based on src/http/ngx_http_parse.c from NGINX copyright
-Igor Sysoev.
-
-Additional changes are licensed under the same terms as NGINX and
-copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. All rights reserved.
+Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
diff --git a/contrib/parsertrace.c b/contrib/parsertrace.c
index e715368..3daa7f4 100644
--- a/contrib/parsertrace.c
+++ b/contrib/parsertrace.c
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-/* Based on src/http/ngx_http_parse.c from NGINX copyright Igor Sysoev
- *
- * Additional changes are licensed under the same terms as NGINX and
- * copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
diff --git a/http_parser.c b/http_parser.c
index e315163..8d85124 100644
--- a/http_parser.c
+++ b/http_parser.c
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-/* Based on src/http/ngx_http_parse.c from NGINX copyright Igor Sysoev
- *
- * Additional changes are licensed under the same terms as NGINX and
- * copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to