diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
index af366c6fdf..e8eb6406c0 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
@@ -2997,7 +2997,6 @@ tools/ci/check_build_warnings.py
 tools/ci/check_callgraph.py
 tools/ci/check_deprecated_kconfigs.py
 tools/ci/check_executables.py
-tools/ci/check_public_headers.py
 tools/ci/check_readme_links.py
 tools/ci/check_rules_yml.py
 tools/ci/check_soc_struct_headers.py
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_public_headers.py b/tools/ci/check_public_headers.py
index 9b170d1b16..940998d511 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_public_headers.py
+++ b/tools/ci/check_public_headers.py
@@ -2,19 +2,8 @@
 #
 # Checks all public headers in IDF in the ci
 #
-# Copyright 2020 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
@@ -213,7 +202,7 @@ class PublicHeaderChecker:
                     self.log('{}: Error directive failure: OK'.format(header))
                     return self.COMPILE_ERR_ERROR_MACRO_HDR_OK
                 self.log('{}: FAILED: compilation issue'.format(header), True)
-                self.log(err)
+                self.log(err, True)
                 return self.COMPILE_ERR_HDR_FAILED
             # compile with C compiler, outputs to another temp file
             rc, c99_out, err, c99_out_file = exec_cmd_to_temp_file([self.gcc, '--std=c99'] + all_compilation_flags)