diff --git a/sys/gnu/gcov/gcc_4_7.c b/sys/gnu/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
index e420b7b9be4e..fa23d5615870 100644
--- a/sys/gnu/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
+++ b/sys/gnu/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 // modify it under the terms of 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.
+// of the License.
 //
 // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
diff --git a/sys/gnu/gcov/gcov_fs.c b/sys/gnu/gcov/gcov_fs.c
index 7868e00ebaf9..30dee2415f4d 100644
--- a/sys/gnu/gcov/gcov_fs.c
+++ b/sys/gnu/gcov/gcov_fs.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 // modify it under the terms of 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.
+// of the License.
 //
 // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of