diff --git a/man/rules/.gitattributes b/man/rules/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea4b95259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/rules/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+meson.build generated
diff --git a/man/rules/meson.build b/man/rules/meson.build
index 76aa77ff87..92dab90478 100644
--- a/man/rules/meson.build
+++ b/man/rules/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
 # Do not edit. Generated by update-man-rules.py.
 # Update with:
 #     ninja -C build update-man-rules
diff --git a/tools/update-man-rules.py b/tools/update-man-rules.py
index 3f10a29c47..2ac8dae560 100755
--- a/tools/update-man-rules.py
+++ b/tools/update-man-rules.py
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ def mjoin(files):
     return ' \\\n\t'.join(sorted(files) or '#')
 
 MESON_HEADER = '''\
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
 # Do not edit. Generated by update-man-rules.py.
 # Update with:
 #     ninja -C build update-man-rules