diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/FailedToExecutePython.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/FailedToExecutePython.cpp
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index a2b68df5aff7b5f620e095620912137bb7fb09e1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/FailedToExecutePython.cpp
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@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "serrno.h"
-#include "castor/exception/FailedToExecutePython.hpp"
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// constructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::exception::FailedToExecutePython::FailedToExecutePython() throw():
-  castor::exception::Exception(SEPYTHONEXEC) {
-  // Do nothing
-}
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/FailedToExecutePython.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/FailedToExecutePython.hpp
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index eb41c903a3171db11d089835f9953049bc5f711e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "castor/exception/Exception.hpp"
-
-namespace castor    {
-namespace exception {
-
-/**
- * Failed to execute Python
- */
-class FailedToExecutePython : public castor::exception::Exception {
-      
-public:
-      
-  /**
-   * Constructor
-   */
-  FailedToExecutePython() throw();
-
-}; // class FailedToExecutePython
-      
-} // namespace exception
-} // namespace castor
-