diff --git a/Doc/README.txt b/Doc/README.txt
index 580d10241db..4f8e9f8f141 100644
--- a/Doc/README.txt
+++ b/Doc/README.txt
@@ -119,27 +119,3 @@ and we will process your request as soon as possible.
 
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diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
index 6a5358494ff..fbf07a87a56 100644
--- a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 /* collections module implementation of a deque() datatype
    Written and maintained by Raymond D. Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
-   Copyright (c) 2004-2015 Python Software Foundation.
-   All rights reserved.
 */
 
 /* The block length may be set to any number over 1.  Larger numbers
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index a4ffa0699a4..57eb4ecc0d9 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 /* Itertools module written and maintained
    by Raymond D. Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
-   Copyright (c) 2003-2015 Python Software Foundation.
-   All rights reserved.
 */
 
 
diff --git a/Objects/setobject.c b/Objects/setobject.c
index 9468ee673e0..8cb3f364c57 100644
--- a/Objects/setobject.c
+++ b/Objects/setobject.c
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
    Written and maintained by Raymond D. Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
    Derived from Lib/sets.py and Objects/dictobject.c.
 
-   Copyright (c) 2003-2015 Python Software Foundation.
-   All rights reserved.
-
    The basic lookup function used by all operations.
    This is based on Algorithm D from Knuth Vol. 3, Sec. 6.4.
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7afdbf829c7..0e452833f15 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Copyright and License Information
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-2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Python Software Foundation.  All rights reserved.
+2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Python Software Foundation.  All rights reserved.
 
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