diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
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index f07aa1e..0000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project name="makejar" default="makejar" basedir=".">
-  <target name ="makejar" description="Create a jar for the Faucet project">
-    <jar jarfile="Faucet.jar" includes="*.class" basedir="bin"/>
-  	<echo>"This is a test"</echo>
-  </target>
-</project>