diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index e6f8be83b..307f22b7c 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ linters:
     - revive
     - errorlint
 
+    # License header check:
+    - goheader
+
 linters-settings:
   govet:
     # These govet checks are disabled by default, but they're useful.
@@ -30,6 +33,34 @@ linters-settings:
       - sortslice
       - unusedwrite
 
+  goheader:
+    values:
+      const:
+        COMPANY: 'Uber Technologies, Inc.'
+      regexp:
+        YEAR_RANGE: '\d{4}(-\d{4})?'
+    template: |-
+      Copyright (c) {{ YEAR_RANGE }} {{ COMPANY }}
+
+      Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+      of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+      in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+      to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+      copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+      furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+      The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+      all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+      THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+      IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+      AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+      LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+      OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+      THE SOFTWARE.
+
+
 issues:
   # Print all issues reported by all linters.
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
@@ -62,9 +93,3 @@ issues:
     - linters: [revive]
       path: '_test\.go$'
       text: 'should not use dot imports'
-
-    # Ignore logger.Sync() errcheck failures in example_test.go
-    # since those are intended to be uncomplicated examples.
-    - linters: [errcheck]
-      path: example_test.go
-      text: 'Error return value of `logger.Sync` is not checked'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aef997620..bbda9cc12 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build:
 	go build ./...
 
 .PHONY: lint
-lint: golangci-lint tidy-lint license-lint fx-lint docs-lint
+lint: golangci-lint tidy-lint fx-lint docs-lint
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ tidy-lint:
 		go mod tidy && \
 		git diff --exit-code -- go.mod go.sum) &&) true
 
-.PHONY: license-lint
-license-lint:
-	./checklicense.sh
-
 .PHONY: fx-lint
 fx-lint: $(FXLINT)
 	@$(FXLINT) ./...
@@ -76,4 +72,3 @@ $(MDOX): tools/go.mod
 
 $(FXLINT): tools/cmd/fxlint/main.go
 	cd tools && go install go.uber.org/fx/tools/cmd/fxlint
-
diff --git a/checklicense.sh b/checklicense.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 28057d2fb..000000000
--- a/checklicense.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-ERROR_COUNT=0
-while read -r file
-do
-	case "$(head -1 "${file}")" in
-		*"Copyright (c) "*" Uber Technologies, Inc.")
-			# everything's cool
-			;;
-		*)
-			echo "$file is missing license header."
-			(( ERROR_COUNT++ ))
-			;;
-	esac
-done < <(git ls-files "*\.go" | grep -v /testdata/)
-
-exit $ERROR_COUNT
diff --git a/signal.go b/signal.go
index 1dbfd840e..8a86599ca 100644
--- a/signal.go
+++ b/signal.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPSignalE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
diff --git a/signal_test.go b/signal_test.go
index 527213244..8e8030ae7 100644
--- a/signal_test.go
+++ b/signal_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPSignalE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN