diff --git a/cmake/check-coding-style.sh b/cmake/check-coding-style.sh
index 77e086ef66db9b81c69dc0c88129296d0cf8912b..26bb997f15b4cc3ff7598a1c24fc3962ccb2625e 100755
--- a/cmake/check-coding-style.sh
+++ b/cmake/check-coding-style.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 # check copyright/licence file header comment
 checkCopyrightComment() {
   SPDX_OK=1
-  if [[ "`head -n1 $1`" != '// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, MSK'* ]]; then
+  if [[ "`head -n1 $1`" != '// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: '* ]]; then
     SPDX_OK=0
   fi
   if [[ "`head -n2 $1 | tail -n1`" != '// SPDX-License-Identifier: '* ]]; then