diff --git a/common/mbox-util.c b/common/mbox-util.c
index 2029324f2..c451198c2 100644
--- a/common/mbox-util.c
+++ b/common/mbox-util.c
@@ -5,26 +5,16 @@
  * This file is part of GnuPG.
  *
  * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of either
- *
- *   - the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
- *     Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
- *     your option) any later version.
- *
- * or
- *
- *   - the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
- *     Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
- *     your option) any later version.
- *
- * or both in parallel, as here.
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
diff --git a/common/mbox-util.h b/common/mbox-util.h
index 4dd48ecd5..9c7271f08 100644
--- a/common/mbox-util.h
+++ b/common/mbox-util.h
@@ -4,26 +4,16 @@
  * This file is part of GnuPG.
  *
  * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of either
- *
- *   - the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
- *     Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
- *     your option) any later version.
- *
- * or
- *
- *   - the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
- *     Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
- *     your option) any later version.
- *
- * or both in parallel, as here.
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #ifndef GNUPG_COMMON_MBOX_UTIL_H