diff --git a/src/_properties.py b/src/_properties.py
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index 53971c3c..00000000
--- a/src/_properties.py
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-PackageName = "Cheetah"
-Title = "Cheetah: The Python-Powered Template Engine"
-Description = "Provides Cheetah, a Python-powered template engine and code generator"
-Status = 'Production'
-Version = '0.9.15'
-Maintainer = "Tavis Rudd"
-Author = "The Cheetah Development Team"
-AuthorEmail = "cheetahtemplate-discuss@lists.sf.net"
-Url = "http://www.CheetahTemplate.org/"
-
-Packages = ['%(PackageName)s',
-            '%(PackageName)s.HelpDesk',
-            '%(PackageName)s.HelpDesk.Docs',
-            '%(PackageName)s.HelpDesk.Examples',
-            '%(PackageName)s.Templates',
-            '%(PackageName)s.Tests',
-            '%(PackageName)s.Tools',
-            '%(PackageName)s.Utils',                        
-            ]
-PackageDir = 'src'
-PackageToDirMap = {'%(PackageName)s':'%(PackageDir)s',
-                   '%(PackageName)s.HelpDesk.Docs':'docs',
-                   '%(PackageName)s.HelpDesk.Examples':'examples',
-                   }
-ManifestTemplates = ['recursive-include %(PackageDir)s *',
-                     'recursive-exclude %(PackageDir)s *.pyc *~ *.aux',
-                     'include *.py *.cfg TODO CHANGES LICENSE README bin examples docs',
-                     'recursive-include docs * ',
-                     'recursive-exclude docs *~ *.aux',                     
-                     'recursive-include bin * ',
-                     'recursive-exclude bin *~',                     
-                     'recursive-include examples * ',
-                     'recursive-exclude examples *~',                                          
-                     ]
-
-Scripts = ['bin/cheetah-compile',
-           'bin/cheetah',
-           ]
-
-try:
-    from Webware.Component import Component as _Component
-    class ComponentClass(_Component):
-        def _finalizeSettings(self):
-            _Component._finalizeSettings(self)
-            import os
-            import os.path
-            from distutils.core import Extension
-            ## we only assume the presence of a c compiler on Posix systems, NT people will
-            #  have to enable this manually. 
-            if os.name == 'posix':
-                extModules=[Extension("%(PackageName)s._namemapper" % self.settings(),
-                                      [os.path.join("%(PackageDir)s" ,"_namemapper.c")
-                                       % self.settings()
-                                       ]
-                                      ),                           
-                            ]
-            else:
-                extModules=[]
-                
-            self.setSetting('ExtModules', extModules )
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-