diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index a8deb49ebeef48cb3af661cc44ad35a1c1464256..74f7ae653162baafae2d45039232b63382bbdd9a 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# file created 2018-08-08 by Simon May
-
 # remove . from $PATH
 PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -E 's/:\.(:|$)/\1/')
 
diff --git a/.inputrc b/.inputrc
index 6fed1f436f556e85cbd76937031168d8528ed656..c963a9edd19b3bf123745b2e81f801f8bbfb7dbb 100644
--- a/.inputrc
+++ b/.inputrc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# file created 2018-08-08 by Simon May
-
 # mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving
 "\e[1;5C": forward-word
 "\e[1;5D": backward-word
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 65e3fd232d100f844bbc4deb28256278159dd30e..50b40de8cf24fe15a1328040ba89dae88033abbd 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# file created 2018-08-08 by Simon May
-
 # if running bash
 if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
 	# include .bashrc if it exists