diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md
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@@ -308,12 +308,9 @@ still fine.
 
 This means that all files need to have their license and copyright information
 clearly stated. Ideally by having the standard curl source code header, with
-an accurate copyright year range and the SPDX-License-Identifier included. If
-the header does not work, you can use a smaller header or add the information
-for a specific file to the `.reuse/dep5` file.
-
-We update copyright year ranges to end on the year of the most recent change
-of the individual file.
+the SPDX-License-Identifier included. If the header does not work, you can use a
+smaller header or add the information for a specific file to the `.reuse/dep5`
+file.
 
 You can manually verify the copyright and compliance status by running the
 `./scripts/copyright.pl` script in the root of the git repository.