diff --git a/maven-repository-webapp/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/repository/manager/web/action/quickSearchAction-validation.xml b/maven-repository-webapp/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/repository/manager/web/action/quickSearchAction-validation.xml
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index 961cb7c8d..000000000
--- a/maven-repository-webapp/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/repository/manager/web/action/quickSearchAction-validation.xml
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-<!--
-  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
-  ~
-  ~ 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.
-  -->
-
-<!DOCTYPE validators PUBLIC "-//OpenSymphony Group//XWork Validator 1.0.2//EN"
-    "http://www.opensymphony.com/xwork/xwork-validator-1.0.2.dtd">
-
-<validators>
-  <field name="q">
-    <field-validator type="requiredstring">
-      <message>You must enter some search terms.</message>
-    </field-validator>
-  </field>
-</validators>
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