diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java.rej b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java.rej
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d914013791..00000000000
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java.rej
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java	(rejected hunks)
-@@ -7073,12 +7073,12 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
-         final Configuration conf, final TableDescriptor hTableDescriptor,
-         final WAL wal, final boolean initialize)
-   throws IOException {
--    LOG.info("creating HRegion " + info.getTable().getNameAsString()
--        + " HTD == " + hTableDescriptor + " RootDir = " + rootDir +
--        " Table name == " + info.getTable().getNameAsString());
-+    LOG.info("creating " + info
-+        + ", tableDescriptor=" + (hTableDescriptor == null? "null": hTableDescriptor) +
-+        ", regionDir=" + rootDir);
-+    createRegionDir(conf, info, rootDir);
-     FileSystem fs = rootDir.getFileSystem(conf);
-     Path tableDir = FSUtils.getTableDir(rootDir, info.getTable());
--    HRegionFileSystem.createRegionOnFileSystem(conf, fs, tableDir, info);
-     HRegion region = HRegion.newHRegion(tableDir, wal, fs, conf, info, hTableDescriptor, null);
-     if (initialize) {
-       region.initialize(null);