diff --git a/api/event/doc.go b/api/event/doc.go
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index 5b7226742..000000000
--- a/api/event/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://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.
-
-package event // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/event"
diff --git a/api/stats/doc.go b/api/stats/doc.go
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index d9dc3d890..000000000
--- a/api/stats/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://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.
-
-package stats // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/stats"