From 0d4e026edaf31e8f5811504bb8b605c9c2f8cd86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?No=C3=A9mie=20B=C3=A9nard?= <noemie.benard@sonarsource.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:29:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] replace default header template by empty string

---
 .../main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheck.java  | 8 +-------
 .../java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheckTest.java   | 2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheck.java
index 9c93f3bb4d7..fd150b96c1e 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheck.java
@@ -31,13 +31,7 @@
 @Rule(key = "S1451")
 public class FileHeaderCheck extends IssuableSubscriptionVisitor {
 
-  private static final String DEFAULT_HEADER_FORMAT = """
-    /*
-     * <Your-Product-Name>
-     * Copyright (c) <Year-From>-<Year-To> <Your-Company-Name>
-     *
-     * Please configure this header in your SonarCloud/SonarQube quality profile.
-     */""";
+  private static final String DEFAULT_HEADER_FORMAT = "";
   private static final String MESSAGE = "Add or update the header of this file.";
 
   @RuleProperty(
diff --git a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheckTest.java b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheckTest.java
index ce63e249b4a..9f936adab2d 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheckTest.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/FileHeaderCheckTest.java
@@ -100,14 +100,12 @@ void test() {
       .verifyNoIssues();
 
     check = new FileHeaderCheck();
-    check.headerFormat = "";
     CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
       .onFile(mainCodeSourcesPath("checks/FileHeaderCheck/ClassBlankLine.java"))
       .withCheck(check)
       .verifyNoIssues();
 
     check = new FileHeaderCheck();
-    check.headerFormat = "";
     CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
       .onFile(mainCodeSourcesPath("checks/FileHeaderCheck/ClassNoBlankLine.java"))
       .withCheck(check)