diff --git a/build/import.pl b/build/import.pl
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-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-
-use Xalan;
-
-#
-# Import an entity metadata fragment file.
-#
-# This utility is intended for use immediately before checking in a new entity fragment,
-# or prior to checking in major changes such as to embedded trust certificates.
-#
-# The fragment is always taken from entities/import.xml, and the output is always placed
-# in entities/imported.xml.
-#
-
-system(xalanCall . " -IN ../entities/import.xml -OUT ../entities/imported.xml -XSL import.xsl");