diff --git a/LAGraph/Acknowledgments.txt b/LAGraph/Acknowledgments.txt
index ecb4359f8..815f4e01f 100644
--- a/LAGraph/Acknowledgments.txt
+++ b/LAGraph/Acknowledgments.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ THIS WORK IS FUNDED IN PART BY:
 THIS WORK BUILDS UPON THE FOLLOWING PRIOR WORKS:
 1.  SuiteSparse:GraphBLAS, 
     (http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/GraphBLAS.html) 
-    Copyright 2017-2022  Timothy A. Davis (Author), AldenMath.com.
+    Copyright 2017-2023  Timothy A. Davis (Author), AldenMath.com.
     By Tim Davis, Texas A&M University. Note that while SuiteSparse:GraphBLAS
     is itself under the Apache 2 license, any contributions derived from
     SuiteSparse:GraphBLAS and incorporated by the Author into LAGraph are
diff --git a/LAGraph/config/LAGraph.pc.in b/LAGraph/config/LAGraph.pc.in
index 3e57a6b38..4ca18e254 100644
--- a/LAGraph/config/LAGraph.pc.in
+++ b/LAGraph/config/LAGraph.pc.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# LAGraph, Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Timothy A. Davis.
-# All Rights Reserved.
+# LAGraph, Copyright (c) 2019-2023, LAGraph Contributors. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 
 prefix=@prefix@
diff --git a/LAGraph/config/LAGraphConfig.cmake.in b/LAGraph/config/LAGraphConfig.cmake.in
index 97bfd6ed7..b40409918 100644
--- a/LAGraph/config/LAGraphConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/LAGraph/config/LAGraphConfig.cmake.in
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 # The following copyright and license applies to just this file only, not to
 # the library itself:
-# LAGraphConfig.cmake, Copyright (c) 2023, Timothy A. Davis.  All Rights Reserved.
+# LAGraphConfig.cmake, Copyright (c) 2019-2023, LAGraph Contributors. All
+# Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-clause
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/LAGraph/src/test/test_Xinit.c b/LAGraph/src/test/test_Xinit.c
index 9981e0d70..a968cdd8c 100644
--- a/LAGraph/src/test/test_Xinit.c
+++ b/LAGraph/src/test/test_Xinit.c
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 
 #include "LAGraph_test.h"
 #include "LAGraphX.h"
-#include "LG_init.h"
+
+// functions defined in LAGr_Init.c:
+LAGRAPH_PUBLIC void LG_set_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (bool setting) ;
+LAGRAPH_PUBLIC bool LG_get_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (void) ;
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // global variables
diff --git a/LAGraph/src/utility/LAGr_Init.c b/LAGraph/src/utility/LAGr_Init.c
index 7fdfde8c2..31f3e449a 100644
--- a/LAGraph/src/utility/LAGr_Init.c
+++ b/LAGraph/src/utility/LAGr_Init.c
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 
 static bool LG_LAGr_Init_has_been_called = false ;
 
-// LG_LAGr_Init_has_been_called is only modified or accessed by these two
-// routines (even in this file):
+// LG_LAGr_Init_has_been_called is only modified or accessed by the following
+// two routines (even in this file).  The two functions are made accessible via
+// LAGRAPH_PUBLIC, only for testing purposes by src/test/test_Xinit.c.
 
-#include "LG_init.h"
+LAGRAPH_PUBLIC void LG_set_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (bool setting) ;
+LAGRAPH_PUBLIC bool LG_get_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (void) ;
 
 LAGRAPH_PUBLIC
 void LG_set_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (bool setting)
diff --git a/LAGraph/src/utility/LG_init.h b/LAGraph/src/utility/LG_init.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 73ac9ff8a..000000000
--- a/LAGraph/src/utility/LG_init.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// LG_init.h: include file for use within LAGraph itself
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// LAGraph, (c) 2019-2023 by The LAGraph Contributors, All Rights Reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
-//
-// For additional details (including references to third party source code and
-// other files) see the LICENSE file or contact permission@sei.cmu.edu. See
-// Contributors.txt for a full list of contributors. Created, in part, with
-// funding and support from the U.S. Government (see Acknowledgments.txt file).
-// DM22-0790
-
-// Contributed by Timothy A. Davis, Texas A&M University
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// These definitions are not meant for the user application that relies on
-// LAGraph and/or GraphBLAS.  LG_* methods are for internal use in LAGraph.
-
-#ifndef LG_INIT_H
-#define LG_INIT_H
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// definitions used in LAGr_Init.c and for testing
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-LAGRAPH_PUBLIC void LG_set_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (bool setting) ;
-LAGRAPH_PUBLIC bool LG_get_LAGr_Init_has_been_called (void) ;
-
-#endif
-