diff --git a/.conform.yaml b/.conform.yaml
index e08a2446..d0af3baf 100644
--- a/.conform.yaml
+++ b/.conform.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ policies:
   spec:
     includeSuffixes:
     - .go
-    headerFile: LICENSE_HEADER
+    header: |
+      /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+       * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+       * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
diff --git a/LICENSE_HEADER b/LICENSE_HEADER
deleted file mode 100644
index e0032240..00000000
--- a/LICENSE_HEADER
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
diff --git a/internal/policy/license/license.go b/internal/policy/license/license.go
index c4f1dea0..0038dcd3 100644
--- a/internal/policy/license/license.go
+++ b/internal/policy/license/license.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ type License struct {
 	// ExcludeSuffixes is the Suffixes used to find files that the license policy
 	// should not be applied to.
 	ExcludeSuffixes []string `mapstructure:"excludeSuffixes"`
-	// LicenseHeaderFile is the path to the license header file.
-	LicenseHeaderFile string `mapstructure:"headerFile"`
+	// Header is the contents of the license header.
+	Header string `mapstructure:"header"`
 }
 
 // Compliance implements the policy.Policy.Compliance function.
@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@ func (l *License) Compliance(options *policy.Options) (report policy.Report) {
 	var err error
 
 	report = policy.Report{}
-
-	var value []byte
-	if value, err = ioutil.ReadFile(l.LicenseHeaderFile); err != nil {
-		report.Errors = append(report.Errors, errors.Errorf("Failed to open %s", l.LicenseHeaderFile))
+	if l.Header == "" {
+		report.Errors = append(report.Errors, errors.New("Header is not defined"))
+		return report
 	}
-
 	err = filepath.Walk(".", func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ func (l *License) Compliance(options *policy.Options) (report policy.Report) {
 						report.Errors = append(report.Errors, errors.Errorf("Failed to open %s", path))
 						return nil
 					}
-					ValidateLicenseHeader(&report, info.Name(), contents, value)
+					ValidateLicenseHeader(&report, info.Name(), contents, []byte(l.Header))
 				}
 			}
 		}