diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f1077135c5403ed88a5fbc1f3d48acd44f22121e..0b424292248179112843bbd0d07d7cee7d6300a1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 variables:
   TARGET_BRANCH: master
 
-check-copyright:
-  image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/ci-tools/ci-worker:cc7
-  script:
-    - curl -o lb-check-copyright "https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb-core/LbDevTools/raw/master/LbDevTools/SourceTools.py?inline=false"
-    - python lb-check-copyright origin/${TARGET_BRANCH} --exclude lhcbproject.yml
-
 check-formatting:
   tags:
     - cvmfs
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 37a9afe5d9d62d36fd452e357e4fa3b1175e90fa..3bae8a68934d3c14f4b5cce8695570ed03626fb2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ repos:
         types_or: [python, yaml]
         exclude: ".pre-commit-config.yaml"
         entry: 'eoslhcb.cern.ch//eos/lhcb/'
+-   repo: "https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb-core/LbDevTools.git"
+    rev: 2.1.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: lb-add-copyright
+        exclude: "^lhcbproject.yml$"