diff --git a/spring-session/http-session-example/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-session/http-session-example/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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--- a/spring-session/http-session-example/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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-<?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>httpsession</display-name>
-	<welcome-file-list>
-		<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
-	</welcome-file-list>
-
-
-	<servlet>
-		<servlet-name>FirstServlet</servlet-name>
-		<servlet-class>com.baeldung.httpsession.FirstServlet</servlet-class>
-	</servlet>
-	<servlet>
-		<servlet-name>SecondServlet</servlet-name>
-		<servlet-class>com.baeldung.httpsession.SecondServlet</servlet-class>
-	</servlet>
-
-
-	<servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>FirstServlet</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/first</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
-	<servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>SecondServlet</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/second</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
-
-
-</web-app>
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