diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/files.bck b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/files.bck
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index ab882677c7..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/files.bck
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-makeCells.C
-
-EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/makeCells
diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/options.bck b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/options.bck
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index 7f7271b3af..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/options.bck
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-EXE_INC = \
-    -g -DFULLDEBUG -O0 \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/LESmodels \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/LESmodels/LESdeltas/lnInclude \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/transportModels \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/finiteVolume/lnInclude
-
-EXE_LIBS = \
-    -lincompressibleLESmodels \
-    -lincompressibleTransportModels \
-    -lfiniteVolume \
-    -lfoamUtil
diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/options.txt b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/options.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6efcb1c0a0..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/Make/options.txt
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-EXE_INC = \
-    -I$(FOAM_UTILITIES)/parallelProcessing/decompositionMethods/decompositionMethods/lnInclude \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/finiteVolume/lnInclude \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/lnInclude \
-    -I$(LIB_SRC)/dynamicMesh/lnInclude
-
-EXE_LIBS = \
-    -lfiniteVolume \
-    -ldecompositionMethods \
-    -lmeshTools \
-    -ldynamicMesh \
-    -lparMetisDecompositionMethod \
-    -lfoamUtil
diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/Make/files_bak b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/Make/files_bak
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index fa405bffbc..0000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/Make/files_bak
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-surfaceScale.C
-
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/surfaceScale