diff --git a/make_mapdef.sh b/make_mapdef.sh
index ec256aed..1acfb29c 100755
--- a/make_mapdef.sh
+++ b/make_mapdef.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ ent_for_mod()
 	fi
 
 	ENT_OUTFILE="./$1/entities.def"
-	echo '/*' > "$ENT_OUTFILE"
-	echo 'WorldSpawn entity definition file' >> "$ENT_OUTFILE"
-	echo "$1 specific definitions" >> "$ENT_OUTFILE"
-	echo 'auto-generated by make_mapdef.sh' >> "$ENT_OUTFILE"
-	echo '*/' >> "$ENT_OUTFILE"
-	echo '' >> "$ENT_OUTFILE"
+	echo '' > "$ENT_OUTFILE"
 
 	find ./$1/src/ -type f \( -iname \*.qc \) | while read EDEF_N; do
 		echo "Scanning for definitions inside $EDEF_N"
@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ ent_for_mod()
 
 # first dump all the general purpose entities
 BASE_ENT="./platform/entities.def"
-echo '/* general platform definitions */' > "$BASE_ENT"
+echo '' > "$BASE_ENT"
 
 find ./src/gs-entbase/ -type f \( -iname \*.qc \) | while read EDEF_N; do
 	echo "Scanning for definitions inside $EDEF_N"