diff --git a/removeAnnotation.pl b/removeAnnotation.pl
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-# /usr/bin/perl
-# removeAnnotaion.pl
-# scripte to remove all of the annotation tags (xs:annotation) 
-# from an XML schema file.
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-# usage: perl removeAnnotation.pl <inputfile.xsd >outputfile.xsd
-
-while(<>)
-{
-  if(m!<xs:annotation>*!)
-  {
-    while(not m!</xs:annotation>*!)
-    {
-      s!!!;
-      $_ = <>;
-    }
-    # print '<!-- Annotation for this element removed -->';
-  }
-  s!</xs:annotation>!!;
-  print;
-}
-s!\n\s*!!g;