diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/CBlockConfiguration.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/CBlockConfiguration.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.cblock;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-
-/**
- * This class specifies the CBlock configuration resources.
- */
-public class CBlockConfiguration extends Configuration {
-  static {
-    // adds the default resources
-    Configuration.addDefaultResource("hdfs-default.xml");
-    Configuration.addDefaultResource("hdfs-site.xml");
-    Configuration.addDefaultResource("cblock-default.xml");
-    Configuration.addDefaultResource("cblock-site.xml");
-  }
-}