diff --git a/hack/boilerplate.go.txt b/.reuse/boilerplate.go.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hack/boilerplate.go.txt
rename to .reuse/boilerplate.go.txt
diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 88ba77b2..2308ce83 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Files:
   api/*
   cmd/*
   config/*
-  hack/*
   internal/*
   test/*
   .dockerignore
diff --git a/hack/license-header.txt b/.reuse/license-header.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hack/license-header.txt
rename to .reuse/license-header.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41dda694..0f7379d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ manifests: ## Generate WebhookConfiguration, ClusterRole and CustomResourceDefin
 
 .PHONY: generate
 generate: ## Generate code containing DeepCopy, DeepCopyInto, and DeepCopyObject method implementations.
-	@go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
+	@go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen object:headerFile=".reuse/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
 	@internal/tools/generate.sh
 
 .PHONY: fmt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ lint: ## Run golangci-lint linter & yamllint.
 
 .PHONY: addlicense
 addlicense: ## Add license headers to all go files.
-	@find . -name '*.go' -exec go run github.com/google/addlicense -f hack/license-header.txt {} +
+	@find . -name '*.go' -exec go run github.com/google/addlicense -f .reuse/license-header.txt {} +
 
 .PHONY: checklicense
 checklicense: ## Check that every file has a license header present.
diff --git a/internal/tools/generate.sh b/internal/tools/generate.sh
index 21975679..cf0d443b 100755
--- a/internal/tools/generate.sh
+++ b/internal/tools/generate.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ APIS_OPENAPI="k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/r
 
 go run k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen \
   --output-base "$GOPATH/src" \
-  --go-header-file hack/boilerplate.go.txt \
+  --go-header-file .reuse/boilerplate.go.txt \
   --input-dirs "$APIS_OPENAPI" \
   --output-package "github.com/ironcore-dev/metal/client/openapi" \
   -O zz_generated.openapi \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ go run k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen \
 go run github.com/ironcore-dev/metal/internal/tools/models-schema > "$MODELSSCHEMA"
 go run k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen \
   --output-base "$GOPATH/src" \
-  --go-header-file hack/boilerplate.go.txt \
+  --go-header-file .reuse/boilerplate.go.txt \
   --input-dirs "$APIS_APPLYCONFIGURATION" \
   --openapi-schema "$MODELSSCHEMA" \
   --output-package "github.com/ironcore-dev/metal/client/applyconfiguration"