diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a05ad4d3..ef479218 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: insert-license
         files: '.*\.(py|pyi|yaml|yml|sh|helmignore|dockerignore|gitignore)$'
+        exclude: tests
         args:
           - --license-filepath
           - license_header.txt
diff --git a/tests/automated_tests/requirements_test.py b/tests/automated_tests/requirements_test.py
index 9ba12ec0..4fea847e 100644
--- a/tests/automated_tests/requirements_test.py
+++ b/tests/automated_tests/requirements_test.py
@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2022 Robert Bosch GmbH and Microsoft Corporation
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-# terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
-# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Robert Bosch GmbH
 
 # This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
diff --git a/tests/automated_tests/runtime_test.py b/tests/automated_tests/runtime_test.py
index 35547fc1..5daae405 100644
--- a/tests/automated_tests/runtime_test.py
+++ b/tests/automated_tests/runtime_test.py
@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2022 Robert Bosch GmbH and Microsoft Corporation
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-# terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
-# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Robert Bosch GmbH
 
 # This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
@@ -51,8 +37,8 @@ def test_runtime(self, runtime):
                 "-x",
                 (
                     f"/home/vscode/.velocitas/packages/{package_name}/"
-                    "{package_version}/{runtime}/test/integration/"
-                    "integration_test.py"
+                    f"{package_version}/{runtime}/test/integration/"
+                    f"integration_test.py"
                 ),
             ]
         )