diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/collapseEdges/meshQualityDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/collapseEdges/meshQualityDict
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index 43eb9a5836..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/collapseEdges/meshQualityDict
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-/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
-| =========                 |                                                 |
-| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
-|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  dev                                   |
-|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
-|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
-\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-FoamFile
-{
-    version         2.0;
-    format          ascii;
-    class           dictionary;
-    object          meshQualityDict;
-}
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-//- Maximum non-orthogonality allowed. Set to 180 to disable.
-maxNonOrtho         65;
-
-//- Max skewness allowed. Set to <0 to disable.
-maxBoundarySkewness 50;
-
-//- Max skewness allowed. Set to <0 to disable.
-maxInternalSkewness 10;
-
-//- Max concaveness allowed. Is angle (in degrees) below which concavity
-//  is allowed. 0 is straight face, <0 would be convex face.
-//  Set to 180 to disable.
-maxConcave          80;
-
-//- Minimum pyramid volume. Is absolute volume of cell pyramid.
-//  Set to a sensible fraction of the smallest cell volume expected.
-//  Set to very negative number (e.g. -1E30) to disable.
-minVol              1e-20;
-
-//- Minimum quality of the tet formed by the face-centre
-//  and variable base point minimum decomposition triangles and
-//  the cell centre. This has to be a positive number for tracking
-//  to work. Set to very negative number (e.g. -1E30) to
-//  disable.
-//     <0 = inside out tet,
-//      0 = flat tet
-//      1 = regular tet
-minTetQuality       1e-30;
-
-//- Minimum face area. Set to <0 to disable.
-minArea             -1;
-
-//- Minimum face twist. Set to <-1 to disable. dot product of face normal
-//  and face centre triangles normal
-minTwist            0.0;
-
-//- Minimum normalised cell determinant
-//  1 = hex, <= 0 = folded or flattened illegal cell
-minDeterminant      0.001;
-
-//- minFaceWeight (0 -> 0.5)
-minFaceWeight       0.02;
-
-//- minVolRatio (0 -> 1)
-minVolRatio         0.01;
-
-//must be >0 for Fluent compatibility
-minTriangleTwist    -1;
-
-
-// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/meshQualityDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/meshQualityDict
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index 47125f2b40..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/meshQualityDict
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-/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
-| =========                 |                                                 |
-| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
-|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  dev                                   |
-|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
-|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
-\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-FoamFile
-{
-    version     2.0;
-    format      ascii;
-    class       dictionary;
-    object      meshQualityDict;
-}
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-// Include defaults parameters from master dictionary
-#includeEtc "caseDicts/mesh/generation/meshQualityDict"
-
-
-// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapFieldsDict b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapFieldsDict
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index 470250179f..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapFieldsDict
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
-| =========                 |                                                 |
-| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
-|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  dev                                   |
-|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
-|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
-\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-FoamFile
-{
-    version     2.0;
-    format      ascii;
-    class       dictionary;
-    object      mapFieldsParDict;
-}
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-// Specify how to map patches. There are three different options:
-// - patch exists in the source case: specify mapping (patchMap)
-// - patch should be interpolated from internal values in source case
-//   (cuttingPatches)
-// - patch should not be mapped. Default if not in patchMap or cuttingPatches
-
-// List of pairs of target/source patches for mapping
-patchMap
-(
-    lid movingWall
-);
-
-// List of target patches cutting the source domain (these need to be
-// handled specially e.g. interpolated from internal values)
-cuttingPatches
-(
-    fixedWalls
-);
-
-// ************************************************************************* //