diff --git a/operator/.gitignore b/operator/.gitignore
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--- a/operator/.gitignore
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/Makefile.am b/operator/Makefile.am
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-# $Id$
-
-operatorincludedir = $(includedir)/dune/operator
-operatorinclude_HEADERS =
-
-include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules