diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionViewWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionViewWriter.java
index 614553bb2b45c..5eca44821fb66 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionViewWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionViewWriter.java
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@
 <@pp.dropOutputFile />
 <@pp.changeOutputFile name="/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/UnionViewWriter.java" />
 
-
-<#include "/@includes/license.ftl" />
-
-    package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl;
+package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl;
 
 <#include "/@includes/vv_imports.ftl" />
     import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer.BaseWriter;
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@
   <#return type?starts_with("TimeStamp") && type?ends_with("TZ")>
 </#function>
 
-
 /*
  * This class is generated using freemarker and the ${.template_name} template.
  */