diff --git a/examples/advection/advection.py b/examples/advection/advection.py
index f55bd98a0c3e5e25364dea0041d9b6b2e9a14079..f145076bf8b4ad741574e64cbc15142ac426820d 100644
--- a/examples/advection/advection.py
+++ b/examples/advection/advection.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/advection/var-velocity.py b/examples/advection/var-velocity.py
index 8611b29d6e5e52f1ff45e31741fec2a2ad82d573..edce0760f260449574bc84d3c5c4c188c009e2f1 100644
--- a/examples/advection/var-velocity.py
+++ b/examples/advection/var-velocity.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/advection/weak.py b/examples/advection/weak.py
index de4bc4d3e0d841a4e0705803c8be71e2898700f6..967eb95f594f2b21e216bdf06c17ada799fa9e3c 100644
--- a/examples/advection/weak.py
+++ b/examples/advection/weak.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/burgers/burgers.py b/examples/burgers/burgers.py
index 8f5ebc8e1c9d71df896acf90aa21e66dae4b3d54..5c277e316141cd38e0e0905edf59c6edf9d6333f 100644
--- a/examples/burgers/burgers.py
+++ b/examples/burgers/burgers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/box-in-box.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/box-in-box.py
index 265e611ecf896ee6c36d7075f53f0366c92e7a15..1e5bceb2e165b01bd74fca348cc6bd1a53cae6eb 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/box-in-box.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/box-in-box.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/sine-wave.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/sine-wave.py
index 9d8e176770000ae7a4c17a20ca6bea94b322204c..451befdbe9613f733ace9324a8770ce8de0d295f 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/sine-wave.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/sine-wave.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-adaptive-grid.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-adaptive-grid.py
index 0722726ec42113869feccac5ac9c1e4079e0f919..ac2dde1a756405ef87a57f960946321e7e145893 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-adaptive-grid.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-adaptive-grid.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-sources.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-sources.py
index 1dbc30dfc4022b4ac1de0e9a6be0cdd1f8e2e01b..b6f783a50f450d4b7bf1d3dca4f8b159a0c17714 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-sources.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex-sources.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex.py
index 7086fed9206a9f4424e4d37bf6b43398bef16cfa..9f9703f4d77f4c13dc07db0a52eb1ee36fd0ea5d 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/euler/vortex.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/gas_dynamics_initials.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/gas_dynamics_initials.py
index a9947445a7b54fe6d70aa4338e520ec17ca851d6..05ab91a314415a80d8a30452e2d68c3e26d6d378 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/gas_dynamics_initials.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/gas_dynamics_initials.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/lbm-simple.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/lbm-simple.py
index 0b035e1d7b8fd2f9ac5bbb513c4218ed1d501c69..f99d5b76994b46f079b41af9f74bf69789ae18f5 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/lbm-simple.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/lbm-simple.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2011 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/naca.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/naca.py
index b26a9c4189b1a6cee8bac06db6c07716a6580d85..26755345c34b58e1ed3dd7fdbfa5d61b8b180b91 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/naca.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/naca.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/navierstokes/shearflow.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/navierstokes/shearflow.py
index 6ba08a285840fbd2b0c0ba498f85c3f8d97e25f8..58746ea716d5304f386fe6b2fe54970ea591e205 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/navierstokes/shearflow.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/navierstokes/shearflow.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/square.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/square.py
index f5ceb269243d8e30c0aac649a4620ad526afff9d..c24383b82131c73db9196ab13d7b1a8a2ac7ec03 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/square.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/square.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/gas_dynamics/wing.py b/examples/gas_dynamics/wing.py
index 55002d8a68f9e8061466f7a59bf72c16bda70a24..968f32e6fbcfe4a85d3da530959867be199550df 100644
--- a/examples/gas_dynamics/wing.py
+++ b/examples/gas_dynamics/wing.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/heat/heat.py b/examples/heat/heat.py
index 4023f7d850f58d012a13a113b3b3596ab643a64d..b313f675dd5055c02affafd45f1c7d6e6ef96196 100644
--- a/examples/heat/heat.py
+++ b/examples/heat/heat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/maxwell/analytic_solutions.py b/examples/maxwell/analytic_solutions.py
index 152130f91b335c60ee0adb9e0468714ff7eb6981..7ff8884f1d19e46d320e0cc7a8c5301f74d14551 100644
--- a/examples/maxwell/analytic_solutions.py
+++ b/examples/maxwell/analytic_solutions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/maxwell/cavities.py b/examples/maxwell/cavities.py
index a387bb26a8536572de857efc7ed9d076dfa448d2..6fb7d54ac4eb69cf87705fce00268f68debfd4ba 100644
--- a/examples/maxwell/cavities.py
+++ b/examples/maxwell/cavities.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/maxwell/dipole.py b/examples/maxwell/dipole.py
index 83e8d6dee8021dba1ad8cb5d14167cfad39fff07..381d89ce589a32ef399c2c1a6d0fc0806a935744 100644
--- a/examples/maxwell/dipole.py
+++ b/examples/maxwell/dipole.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/maxwell/inhom-cavity.py b/examples/maxwell/inhom-cavity.py
index 72646961222976d253db54a804b9637f9e833266..60817af116b4de54146cf69017208f153a12618a 100644
--- a/examples/maxwell/inhom-cavity.py
+++ b/examples/maxwell/inhom-cavity.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 # Adapted 2010 by David Powell
 #
diff --git a/examples/maxwell/maxwell-2d.py b/examples/maxwell/maxwell-2d.py
index e0f5909a97bcb912952b0223ca6482108feffc05..ff4182ab0442f06bdce17297e6720c26810e37c2 100644
--- a/examples/maxwell/maxwell-2d.py
+++ b/examples/maxwell/maxwell-2d.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/maxwell/maxwell-pml.py b/examples/maxwell/maxwell-pml.py
index 6cd5d5d7fc2093824e4c1b12aa43661a5497613b..6e23bff692d895ba9cfc9ca5af4fe947e9c240e1 100644
--- a/examples/maxwell/maxwell-pml.py
+++ b/examples/maxwell/maxwell-pml.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-"""grudge is the Hybrid'n'Easy Discontinuous Galerkin Environment."""
 
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import absolute_import
diff --git a/examples/poisson/helmholtz.py b/examples/poisson/helmholtz.py
index c22c534d476d41479b240c11d9d35f6d03ebb066..f203e84ca4bf709e3c96ed6a38cede01ea135b3c 100644
--- a/examples/poisson/helmholtz.py
+++ b/examples/poisson/helmholtz.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/poisson/poisson.py b/examples/poisson/poisson.py
index 1b0bbbdd973c17c9ec2e80a9ab39459957f0f025..83fa7acb008afd19f0bbb0871cac094a06c519c3 100644
--- a/examples/poisson/poisson.py
+++ b/examples/poisson/poisson.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/examples/wave/wave.py b/examples/wave/wave.py
index f027d32143815e3d54f1b2bde4d86fe32bb9036e..3d206d71ccac26b4360f0be97b69be201556a91f 100644
--- a/examples/wave/wave.py
+++ b/examples/wave/wave.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# grudge - the Hybrid'n'Easy DG Environment
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Andreas Kloeckner
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify