diff --git a/spring-session/http-session-example/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-session/http-session-example/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml
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--- a/spring-session/http-session-example/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
-  <display-name>httpsessionexample</display-name>
-  <welcome-file-list>
-    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
-  </welcome-file-list>
-  
-<servlet>  
-<servlet-name>firstservlet</servlet-name>  
-<servlet-class>httpsessionexample.FirstServlet</servlet-class>  
-</servlet>  
-  
-<servlet-mapping>  
-<servlet-name>firstservlet</servlet-name>  
-<url-pattern>/firstservlet</url-pattern>  
-</servlet-mapping>  
-  
-<servlet>  
-<servlet-name>secondservlet</servlet-name>  
-<servlet-class>httpsessionexample.SecondServlet</servlet-class>  
-</servlet>  
-  
-<servlet-mapping>  
-<servlet-name>secondservlet</servlet-name>  
-<url-pattern>/secondservlet</url-pattern>  
-</servlet-mapping>  
-    
-
-</web-app>