diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
index e2fd07637..09f1d82c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip freeze
 
       - name: Check code format
-        run: make black-check isort-check license-check
+        run: make check-format
 
   style:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip freeze
 
       - name: Check code style
-        run: make flake8
+        run: make check-style
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f01b97de1..5ac6ef545 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PROJECT=verde
 TESTDIR=tmp-test-dir-with-unique-name
 PYTEST_ARGS=--cov-config=../.coveragerc --cov-report=term-missing --cov=$(PROJECT) --doctest-modules -v --pyargs
-CHECK_STYLE=$(PROJECT) doc tools
+CHECK_STYLE=$(PROJECT) doc
 
 help:
 	@echo "Commands:"
@@ -28,29 +28,19 @@ test:
 	cp $(TESTDIR)/.coverage* .
 	rm -rvf $(TESTDIR)
 
-format: license isort black
-
-check: black-check isort-check license-check flake8
-
-black:
+format:
+	isort $(CHECK_STYLE)
 	black $(CHECK_STYLE)
+	burocrata --extension=py $(PROJECT)
 
-black-check:
-	black --check $(CHECK_STYLE)
-
-license:
-	python tools/license_notice.py
+check: check-format check-style
 
-license-check:
-	python tools/license_notice.py --check
-
-isort:
-	isort $(CHECK_STYLE)
-
-isort-check:
+check-format:
+	black --check $(CHECK_STYLE)
 	isort --check $(CHECK_STYLE)
+	burocrata --check --extension=py $(PROJECT)
 
-flake8:
+check-style:
 	flake8 $(CHECK_STYLE)
 
 clean:
diff --git a/env/requirements-style.txt b/env/requirements-style.txt
index 28e39b9ed..9dcec7cc7 100644
--- a/env/requirements-style.txt
+++ b/env/requirements-style.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ flake8-rst-docstrings
 flake8-simplify
 flake8-unused-arguments
 pep8-naming
+burocrata
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 772379906..4d3a7cb48 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ dependencies:
     - flake8-mutable
     - flake8-rst-docstrings
     - flake8-simplify
+    - flake8-unused-arguments
     - pep8-naming
     - pip:
-        # Install flake8-unused-arguments through pip
-        # (not available through conda yet)
-        - flake8-unused-arguments
+        - burocrata
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c7589447b..ffd9f449b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,12 @@ write_to =  "verde/_version_generated.py"
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 multi_line_output = 3
+
+[tool.burocrata]
+notice = '''
+# Copyright (c) 2017 The Verde Developers.
+# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+# This code is part of the Fatiando a Terra project (https://www.fatiando.org)
+#'''
diff --git a/tools/license_notice.py b/tools/license_notice.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a2fc15b7..000000000
--- a/tools/license_notice.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2017 The Verde Developers.
-# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-#
-# This code is part of the Fatiando a Terra project (https://www.fatiando.org)
-#
-"""
-Add license notice to every source file if not present
-"""
-import sys
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from pathspec import PathSpec
-
-PROJECT = "verde"
-YEAR = "2017"
-NOTICE = f"""
-# Copyright (c) {YEAR} The {PROJECT.title()} Developers.
-# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-#
-# This code is part of the Fatiando a Terra project (https://www.fatiando.org)
-#
-""".strip()
-CHECK_HELP = """
-Don't write the files, just return the status. Return code 0 means
-nothing would change. Return code 1 means some files lacks the license notice.
-"""
-
-
-def get_gitignore(root):
-    """
-    Return a PathSpec matching gitignore content if present.
-
-    This function is a modified version of the one present in Black
-    (https://github.com/psf/black) available under MIT License.
-    """
-    gitignore = root / ".gitignore"
-    lines = []
-    if gitignore.is_file():
-        with gitignore.open() as gi_file:
-            lines = gi_file.readlines()
-    return PathSpec.from_lines("gitwildmatch", lines)
-
-
-def main():
-    """
-    Add license notice to every source file if not present or just check
-    """
-    # Create option parser
-    parser = ArgumentParser(
-        description=" Add license notice to every source file if not present."
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--check", action="store_true", dest="check", default=False, help=CHECK_HELP
-    )
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    gitignore = get_gitignore(Path("."))
-
-    python_files = [
-        path
-        for path in Path(".").glob("**/*.py")
-        if not str(path).startswith(".")
-        if not gitignore.match_file(path)
-    ]
-
-    missing_notice_files = []
-    for pyfile in python_files:
-        code = pyfile.read_text()
-        if not code.startswith(NOTICE):
-            missing_notice_files.append(pyfile)
-
-    if args.check:
-        if missing_notice_files:
-            print("License notice is missing in some source files! 💔")
-            for pyfile in missing_notice_files:
-                print(f"  {pyfile}")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        else:
-            print("All source files have the license notice! 🎉")
-            sys.exit(0)
-    else:
-        print("Successfully added license notice to:")
-        for pyfile in missing_notice_files:
-            code = pyfile.read_text()
-            pyfile.write_text("\n".join([NOTICE, code]))
-            print(f"  {pyfile}")
-        sys.exit(0)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()