diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index b8b6d66d4e85..1090f1562688 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ done
 if [ -z "$COPYRIGHT" ]; then
 	COPYRIGHT="/*-
  * Copyright (c) 1992-$year The FreeBSD Project.
- * All rights reserved.
  *
  */"
 fi