diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.cpp
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index 3559f938d9abae4c18b4023243de2992e31c364b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -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 "castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.hpp"
-#include "serrno.h"
-
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Constructor
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::exception::QueryVolumeFailed::QueryVolumeFailed():
-  castor::exception::Exception(ETQUERYVOLFAILED) {
-}
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c28ce03dbd96ed694fd39fd6204efbd9f24d84..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/QueryVolumeFailed.hpp
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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 query volume.
-     */
-    class QueryVolumeFailed : public castor::exception::Exception {
-      
-    public:
-      
-      /**
-       * Constructor
-       */
-      QueryVolumeFailed();
-
-    }; // class QueryVolumeFailed
-
-} } // namespace castor exception
-