diff --git a/.github/header-checker-lint.yml b/.github/header-checker-lint.yml
index 39c1acdd6d..b71a1d1bfe 100644
--- a/.github/header-checker-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/header-checker-lint.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ allowedLicenses:
 sourceFileExtensions:
   - 'go'
   - 'Makefile'
-  - 'json'
   - 'yaml'
   - 'yml'
   - 'txt'