diff --git a/src/functionObjects/utilities/systemCall/Make/files b/src/functionObjects/utilities/systemCall/Make/files
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--- a/src/functionObjects/utilities/systemCall/Make/files
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-systemCall.C
-systemCallFunctionObject.C
-
-LIB = $(FOAM_LIBBIN)/libsystemCall
diff --git a/src/functionObjects/utilities/systemCall/Make/options b/src/functionObjects/utilities/systemCall/Make/options
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index e69de29bb2..0000000000