diff --git a/core/bin/compareauth b/core/bin/compareauth
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--- a/core/bin/compareauth
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-# See bottom of file for license and copyright information
-use Cwd;
-use lib Cwd::abs_path("../lib");
-use Foswiki::App;
-use Plack::Loader;
-
-my $app = sub {
-    return Foswiki::App->run( env => shift, );
-};
-Plack::Loader->auto->run($app);
-__END__
-Foswiki - The Free and Open Source Wiki, http://foswiki.org/
-
-Copyright (C) 2008-2016 Foswiki Contributors. Foswiki Contributors
-are listed in the AUTHORS file in the root of this distribution.
-NOTE: Please extend that file, not this notice.
-
-Additional copyrights apply to some or all of the code in this
-file as follows:
-
-Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Peter Thoeny, peter@thoeny.org
-and TWiki Contributors. All Rights Reserved. TWiki Contributors
-are listed in the AUTHORS file in the root of this distribution.
-
-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. For
-more details read LICENSE in the root of this distribution.
-
-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.
-
-As per the GPL, removal of this notice is prohibited.