diff --git a/hack/update-mocks.sh b/hack/update-mocks.sh
index 9a6bbb85637..dcef98bafa5 100755
--- a/hack/update-mocks.sh
+++ b/hack/update-mocks.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
 GENERATED_MOCK_FILE_REGEX="^// Code generated by mockery v[0-9.]\+. DO NOT EDIT.$"
 
-# pick a tempfile path for writing to
-tmp=$(mktemp)
-kube::util::trap_add "rm -f ${tmp:?}" EXIT
-
 git_grep -l -z "${GENERATED_MOCK_FILE_REGEX}" | xargs -0 rm -f
 
 echo 'executing go generate command on below files'
@@ -73,58 +69,3 @@ git_grep -l -z "//go:generate mockery" | while read -r -d $'\0' file; do
     go -C "$(dirname "$file")" generate "$(basename "$file")"
   fi
 done
-
-# get the changed or new mock files
-git ls-files -mo --exclude-standard -z | while read -r -d $'\0' file; do
-  # only process files that appear to be mocks
-  test -f "$file" || continue
-  grep -q "${GENERATED_MOCK_FILE_REGEX}" "$file" || continue
-
-  # search for build tags used in file
-  # //go:build !providerless
-  # // +build !providerless
-  go_build_tag_string=$(grep -o 'go:build.*$' "$file") || true
-  build_tag_string=$(grep -o '+build.*$' "$file") || true
-  new_header=''
-
-  # if the file has both headers
-  if [ -n "$build_tag_string" ] && [ -n "$go_build_tag_string" ]
-  then
-    # create a new header with the build string and the copyright text
-    new_header=$(echo -e "//""$go_build_tag_string""\n""//" "$build_tag_string""\n" | cat - hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.generatego.txt)
-
-    # ignore the first line (build tag) from the file
-    tail -n +3 "$file" >"${tmp}"
-  fi
-
-  # if the file has only // +build !providerless header
-  if [ -n "$build_tag_string" ] && [ -z "$go_build_tag_string" ]
-  then
-    # create a new header with the build string and the copyright text
-    new_header=$(echo -e "//" "$build_tag_string""\n" | cat - hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.generatego.txt)
-
-    # ignore the first line (build tag) from the file
-    tail -n +2 "$file" >"${tmp}"
-  fi
-
-  # if the file has only //go:build !providerless header
-  if [ -z "$build_tag_string" ] && [ -n "$go_build_tag_string" ]
-  then
-    # create a new header with the build string and the copyright text
-    new_header=$(echo -e "//""$go_build_tag_string""\n" | cat - hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.generatego.txt)
-
-    # ignore the first line (build tag) from the file
-    tail -n +2 "$file" >"${tmp}"
-  fi
-
-  # if the header is generated
-  if [ -n "$new_header" ]
-  then
-    # write the newly generated header file to the original file
-    echo -e "$new_header" | cat - "${tmp}" > "$file"
-  else
-    # if no build string insert at the top
-    cat hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.generatego.txt "$file" >"${tmp}" && \
-    mv "${tmp}" "$file"
-  fi
-done
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/runtime_mock.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/runtime_mock.go
index 3bfb198ca2f..63bd6b4e790 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/runtime_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/runtime_mock.go
@@ -14,22 +14,6 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-/*
-Copyright The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
 // Code generated by mockery v2.40.3. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 package testing
diff --git a/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_jwks_handler.go b/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_jwks_handler.go
index dc7932d8ead..bdb22cbc21e 100644
--- a/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_jwks_handler.go
+++ b/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_jwks_handler.go
@@ -14,22 +14,6 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-/*
-Copyright The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
 // Code generated by mockery v2.40.3. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 package handlers
diff --git a/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_token_handler.go b/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_token_handler.go
index 46bd7bac2fe..2ff6c0ae7e1 100644
--- a/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_token_handler.go
+++ b/test/utils/oidc/handlers/mock_token_handler.go
@@ -14,22 +14,6 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-/*
-Copyright The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
 // Code generated by mockery v2.40.3. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 package handlers