diff --git a/lisp/org-install.el b/lisp/org-install.el
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-;;; org-install.el --- backward compatibility file for obsolete configuration  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
-;;
-;;; Code:
-;;
-;; The file org-install is obsolete.
-;;
-;; It is provided here so that (require 'org-install) does not
-;; trigger an error for users with obsolete Emacs configuration.
-;; You can safely remove (require 'org-install) from your config."
-
-(provide 'org-install)
-
-;; Local Variables:
-;; no-byte-compile: t
-;; coding: utf-8
-;; End:
-;;; org-install.el ends here