diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 643dd0c4c..c3f1657fc 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2021 Holger Krekel and others
+Copyright (c) 2004 Holger Krekel and others
 
 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
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2f2f847a4..9003d413e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.
 License
 -------
 
-Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2021.
+Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004.
 
 Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open source software.
 
diff --git a/doc/en/conf.py b/doc/en/conf.py
index da660f9fa..bcf01aa47 100644
--- a/doc/en/conf.py
+++ b/doc/en/conf.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ master_doc = "contents"
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "pytest"
-copyright = "2015–2021, holger krekel and pytest-dev team"
+copyright = "2015, holger krekel and pytest-dev team"
 
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ man_pages = [("usage", "pytest", "pytest usage", ["holger krekel at merlinux eu"
 epub_title = "pytest"
 epub_author = "holger krekel at merlinux eu"
 epub_publisher = "holger krekel at merlinux eu"
-epub_copyright = "2013-2021, holger krekel et alii"
+epub_copyright = "2013, holger krekel et alii"
 
 # The language of the text. It defaults to the language option
 # or en if the language is not set.
diff --git a/doc/en/index.rst b/doc/en/index.rst
index b7c299c7b..2f771aa3c 100644
--- a/doc/en/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/index.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.
 License
 -------
 
-Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2021.
+Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004.
 
 Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open source software.
 
diff --git a/doc/en/license.rst b/doc/en/license.rst
index d42b0f752..acbfb8bdb 100644
--- a/doc/en/license.rst
+++ b/doc/en/license.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open sourc
 
     The MIT License (MIT)
 
-    Copyright (c) 2004-2021 Holger Krekel and others
+    Copyright (c) 2004 Holger Krekel and others
 
     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