diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 7504d386a..1565e426f 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Linus Jahn <lnj@kaidan.im>
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
--->
-
 Before opening a pull-request please do:
 - [ ] Documentation:
   - [ ] Document every new public class and function
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md.license b/.github/pull_request_template.md.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f97877cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Linus Jahn <lnj@kaidan.im>
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0