diff --git a/dev-java/json-simple/files/build.xml b/dev-java/json-simple/files/build.xml
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index 9157aa4b95a68..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/json-simple/files/build.xml
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@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<project name="TimingFramework" default="dist" basedir=".">
-    <description>
-        simple example build file
-    </description>
-  <!-- set global properties for this build -->
-  <property name="src" location="src"/>
-  <property name="build" location="build"/>
-  <property name="dist"  location="dist"/>
-  <property name="javadoc" location="javadoc"/>
-
-  <target name="init">
-    <!-- Create the time stamp -->
-    <tstamp/>
-    <!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
-    <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="compile" depends="init"
-        description="compile the source " >
-    <!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
-    <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="dist" depends="compile"
-        description="generate the distribution" >
-    <!-- Create the distribution directory -->
-    <mkdir dir="${dist}/lib"/>
-
-    <!-- Put everything in ${build} into the MyProject-${DSTAMP}.jar file -->
-    <jar jarfile="${dist}/lib/json-simple.jar" basedir="${build}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="clean"
-        description="clean up" >
-    <!-- Delete the ${build} and ${dist} directory trees -->
-    <delete dir="${build}"/>
-    <delete dir="${dist}"/>
-    <delete dir="${javadoc}"/>
-  </target>
-  
-  <target name="javadoc" description="Produce package javadoc">
-	<javadoc destdir="${javadoc}" >
-		<fileset dir="src" defaultexcludes="yes">
-      			<include name="org/json/**"/>
-    		</fileset>
-	</javadoc>
-  </target>
-	  
-</project>