diff --git a/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php b/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php
index 76bb615..48d00aa 100644
--- a/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php
+++ b/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php
@@ -82,9 +82,3 @@
 
 $string['rule_categoryvalid'] = 'Category tag is valid';
 $string['error_categoryvalid'] = 'Category <b>{$a->category}</b> is not valid';
-
-$string['rule_filehascopyright'] = 'Files have @copyright tag';
-$string['error_filehascopyright'] = 'File-level phpdocs block does not have @copyright tag';
-
-$string['rule_filehaslicense'] = 'Files have @license tag';
-$string['error_filehaslicense'] = 'File-level phpdocs block does not have @license tag';
diff --git a/rules/phpdocs_basic.php b/rules/phpdocs_basic.php
index adec5e8..200da9a 100644
--- a/rules/phpdocs_basic.php
+++ b/rules/phpdocs_basic.php
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('functionarguments')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_functionarguments');
 local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('variableshasvar')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_variableshasvar');
 local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('definedoccorrect')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_definedoccorrect');
-local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('filehascopyright')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_filehascopyright');
-local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('filehaslicense')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_filehaslicense');
 local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('phpdocsinvalidtag')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_phpdocsinvalidtag');
 local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('phpdocsnotrecommendedtag')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_phpdocsnotrecommendedtag')
     ->set_severity('warning');
@@ -455,31 +453,3 @@ function local_moodlecheck_definedoccorrect(local_moodlecheck_file $file) {
     }
     return $errors;
 }
-
-/**
- * Makes sure that files have copyright tag
- *
- * @param local_moodlecheck_file $file
- * @return array of found errors
- */
-function local_moodlecheck_filehascopyright(local_moodlecheck_file $file) {
-    $phpdocs = $file->find_file_phpdocs();
-    if ($phpdocs && !count($phpdocs->get_tags('copyright', true))) {
-        return [['line' => $phpdocs->get_line_number($file, '@copyright')]];
-    }
-    return [];
-}
-
-/**
- * Makes sure that files have license tag
- *
- * @param local_moodlecheck_file $file
- * @return array of found errors
- */
-function local_moodlecheck_filehaslicense(local_moodlecheck_file $file) {
-    $phpdocs = $file->find_file_phpdocs();
-    if ($phpdocs && !count($phpdocs->get_tags('license', true))) {
-        return [['line' => $phpdocs->get_line_number($file, '@license')]];
-    }
-    return [];
-}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/classtags.php b/tests/fixtures/classtags.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a01c9e..0000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/classtags.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
-//
-// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-/**
- * Fixture file providing a class.
- *
- * @package     local_moodlecheck
- * @copyright   2018 David Mudrák <david@moodle.com>
- * @license     http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- */
-
-/**
- * This is a dummy class without any tags.
- */
-class dummy_class_without_tags {
-}
diff --git a/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php b/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php
index 26fc2a7..db1a434 100644
--- a/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php
+++ b/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php
@@ -73,24 +73,6 @@ public function test_constantclass(): void {
         $this->assertSame(0, $found->length);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Assert that classes do not need to have any particular phpdocs tags.
-     *
-     * @covers ::local_moodlecheck_filehascopyright
-     * @covers ::local_moodlecheck_filehaslicense
-     */
-    public function test_classtags(): void {
-        global $PAGE;
-
-        $output = $PAGE->get_renderer('local_moodlecheck');
-        $path = new local_moodlecheck_path('local/moodlecheck/tests/fixtures/classtags.php ', null);
-
-        $result = $output->display_path($path, 'xml');
-
-        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('classeshavecopyright', $result);
-        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('classeshavelicense', $result);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Ensure that token_get_all() does not return PHP Warnings.
      *