diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/desktopplugin/desktopplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/desktopplugin/desktopplugin.cpp
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--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/desktopplugin/desktopplugin.cpp
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@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
-** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
-** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "desktopplugin.h"
-#include <widgetplugin_helper.h>
-#include <QtPlugin>
-
-namespace QmlDesigner {
-
-
-DesktopPlugin::DesktopPlugin()
-{
-}
-
-QString DesktopPlugin::pluginName() const
-{
-    return ("DesktopPlugin");
-}
-
-QString DesktopPlugin::metaInfo() const
-{
-    return QString(":/desktopplugin/desktop.metainfo");
-}
-
-}
-
-#if QT_VERSION < 0x050000
-Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN(QmlDesigner::DesktopPlugin)
-#endif
-
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/desktopplugin/desktopplugin.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/desktopplugin/desktopplugin.h
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--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/desktopplugin/desktopplugin.h
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-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
-** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
-** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef DESKTOPPLUGIN_H
-#define DESKTOPPLUGIN_H
-
-#include <iwidgetplugin.h>
-
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
-namespace QmlDesigner {
-
-class DesktopPlugin : public QObject, QmlDesigner::IWidgetPlugin
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.QmlDesignerPlugin" FILE "desktopplugin.json")
-#endif
-    Q_INTERFACES(QmlDesigner::IWidgetPlugin)
-
-public:
-    DesktopPlugin();
-
-    QString metaInfo() const;
-    QString pluginName() const;
-};
-
-} // namespace QmlDesigner
-
-
-#endif // DESKTOPPLUGIN_H