diff --git a/dummy.xml b/dummy.xml
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--- a/dummy.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
-  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
-]>
-<sect2>
-  <title>Dummy xml file</title>
-  <!-- Used in Makefile to avoid warning for first build of
-       general/prog/python-dependencies/pythonhosted.xml
-  -->
-  <para>
-    This is only used if pythonhosted.xml does not
-    exist.  It is used to prevent a warning if the generated
-    pythonhosted.xml is not yet created.
-  </para>
-</sect2>