diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Kconfig
index cc24676640..e7c1207d27 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Kconfig
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # Emulation for ARM Ltd Versatile Express Cortex-A9
 #  http://www.arm.com/products/tools/development-boards/versatile-express
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Makefile.inc
index d45234810a..6114a051ac 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 romstage-y += romstage.c
 
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/devicetree.cb
index bce9ed81f5..ae98d94fe1 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/devicetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-armv7/devicetree.cb
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # TODO fill with Versatile Express board data in QEMU.
 chip cpu/armltd/cortex-a9
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Kconfig
index 1ed1041754..9db9bdcf26 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Kconfig
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # To execute, do:
 # qemu-system-??
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Makefile.inc
index 3e0dfa1d39..851b557d32 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 bootblock-y += bootblock.c
 bootblock-y += uart.c
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/devicetree.cb
index b99d29507c..3e09d71cc9 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/devicetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/devicetree.cb
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 chip cpu/qemu-power8
 	device cpu_cluster 0 on end
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
index 8788f33920..6c8a7eb91a 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # To execute, do:
 # util/riscv/make-spike-elf.sh build/coreboot.rom build/coreboot.elf
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Makefile.inc
index 5c283ab2f1..54b795ff29 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 bootblock-y += uart.c
 bootblock-y += rom_media.c
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/devicetree.cb
index 6276a59002..e0ebc9df1f 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/devicetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-riscv/devicetree.cb
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 chip soc/ucb/riscv
 	device cpu_cluster 0 on end
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig
index cfaee34cb3..f4e730ce90 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 if BOARD_EMULATION_SPIKE_RISCV
 
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Makefile.inc
index da092e72cc..410b64d762 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 bootblock-y += uart.c
 bootblock-y += rom_media.c
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/devicetree.cb
index 6276a59002..e0ebc9df1f 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/devicetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/devicetree.cb
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
 ##
-## This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-## License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
-## may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
-##
-## This program 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.
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 chip soc/ucb/riscv
 	device cpu_cluster 0 on end