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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 365892de04..d355c0dad5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1442,8 +1442,6 @@ sub process {
 	my $in_imported_file = 0;
 	my $in_no_imported_file = 0;
 	my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
-	my $expect_spdx = 0;
-	my $expect_spdx_file;
 
 	our @report = ();
 	our $cnt_lines = 0;
@@ -1681,34 +1679,6 @@ sub process {
 			WARN("added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# All new files should have a SPDX-License-Identifier tag
-		if ($line =~ /^new file mode\s*\d+\s*$/) {
-		    if ($expect_spdx) {
-			if ($expect_spdx_file =~
-			    /\.(c|h|py|pl|sh|json|inc|Makefile)$/) {
-			    # source code files MUST have SPDX license declared
-			    ERROR("New file '$expect_spdx_file' requires " .
-				  "'SPDX-License-Identifier'");
-			} else {
-			    # Other files MAY have SPDX license if appropriate
-			    WARN("Does new file '$expect_spdx_file' need " .
-				 "'SPDX-License-Identifier'?");
-			}
-		    }
-		    $expect_spdx = 1;
-		    $expect_spdx_file = undef;
-		} elsif ($expect_spdx) {
-		    $expect_spdx_file = $realfile unless
-			defined $expect_spdx_file;
-
-		    # SPDX tags may occurr in comments which were
-		    # stripped from '$line', so use '$rawline'
-		    if ($rawline =~ /SPDX-License-Identifier/) {
-			$expect_spdx = 0;
-			$expect_spdx_file = undef;
-		    }
-		}
-
 # Check SPDX-License-Identifier references a permitted license
 		if ($rawline =~ m,SPDX-License-Identifier: (.*?)(\*/)?\s*$,) {
 		    &checkspdx($realfile, $1);