diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/postingsformat/Lucene40PostingsFormatProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/postingsformat/Lucene40PostingsFormatProvider.java
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--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/postingsformat/Lucene40PostingsFormatProvider.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to ElasticSearch and Shay Banon under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. ElasticSearch 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.elasticsearch.index.codec.postingsformat;
-
-import org.apache.lucene.codecs.BlockTreeTermsWriter;
-import org.apache.lucene.codecs.PostingsFormat;
-import org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40PostingsFormat;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
-
-/**
- */
-public class Lucene40PostingsFormatProvider extends AbstractPostingsFormatProvider {
-
-    private final int minBlockSize;
-    private final int maxBlockSize;
-    private final Lucene40PostingsFormat postingsFormat;
-
-    @Inject
-    public Lucene40PostingsFormatProvider(@Assisted String name, @Assisted Settings postingsFormatSettings) {
-        super(name);
-        this.minBlockSize = postingsFormatSettings.getAsInt("min_block_size", BlockTreeTermsWriter.DEFAULT_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
-        this.maxBlockSize = postingsFormatSettings.getAsInt("max_block_size", BlockTreeTermsWriter.DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE);
-        this.postingsFormat = new Lucene40PostingsFormat(minBlockSize, maxBlockSize);
-    }
-
-    public int minBlockSize() {
-        return minBlockSize;
-    }
-
-    public int maxBlockSize() {
-        return maxBlockSize;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public PostingsFormat get() {
-        return postingsFormat;
-    }
-}