diff --git a/build-scripts/touch-autofoo.sh b/build-scripts/touch-autofoo.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Run this script from the root of $srcdir to touch the
-# autotools generated files, so that the build procedure
-# doesn't attempt to regenerate them.
-
-cd `dirname $0`
-touch aclocal.m4 configure Makefile.in