diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f111f065d3a6531df0615dfd85c6b7919ab316c6..541b40950c638456b6d51e61293ddef330cd7100 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/${TARGET_BRANCH} --exclude lhcbproject.yml
-
 include:
   - project: 'lhcb-rta/reference-update-bot'
     file: 'templates/ref-bot-ci-trigger-template.yml'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1293f91ea8f8f2d8d464debbd293c813682e68ee..b7ad335a158c2834fdc03b74c0a07a6bf154f093 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ repos:
         args: [ --fix ]
     # Run the formatter.
     -   id: ruff-format
+-   repo: "https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb-core/LbDevTools.git"
+    rev: 2.1.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: lb-add-copyright
+        exclude: "^lhcbproject.yml$"