diff --git a/tools/bootImageWriter/vmmagic/src/org/vmmagic/unboxed/ArchitecturalWord.template b/tools/bootImageWriter/vmmagic/src/org/vmmagic/unboxed/ArchitecturalWord.template
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--- a/tools/bootImageWriter/vmmagic/src/org/vmmagic/unboxed/ArchitecturalWord.template
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-/*
- *  This file is part of the Jikes RVM project (http://jikesrvm.org).
- *
- *  This file is licensed to You under the Eclipse Public License (EPL);
- *  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
- *  may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
- *
- *  See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information
- *  regarding copyright ownership.
- */
-package org.vmmagic.unboxed;
-
-/* machine-generated DO NOT EDIT */
-
-import org.jikesrvm.VM;
-import org.vmmagic.pragma.Interruptible;
-import org.vmmagic.pragma.Uninterruptible;
-import org.vmmagic.pragma.RawStorage;
-
-@RawStorage(lengthInWords = true, length = 1)
-@Uninterruptible
-abstract class ArchitecturalWord {
-
- @32MASK@protected final int value;
- @64MASK@protected final long value;
-
-  ArchitecturalWord() {
-    this.value = 0;
-  }
-  ArchitecturalWord(int value, boolean zeroExtend) {
-    @32MASK@this.value = value;
-    @64MASK@this.value = (zeroExtend) ? ((long)value) & 0x00000000ffffffffL : value;
-  }
-
-  ArchitecturalWord(long value) {
-    @32MASK@VM._assert(VM.NOT_REACHED);
-    @32MASK@this.value = (int)value;
-    @64MASK@this.value = value;
-  }
-
-  @Interruptible
-  public String toString() {
-    return ""+value;
-  }
-
-  public int hashCode() {
-    return (int)value;
-  }
-
-  public boolean equals(Object that) {
-    if (that instanceof ArchitecturalWord) {
-      return value == ((ArchitecturalWord)that).value;
-    } else {
-      return false;
-    } 
-  }
-}