diff --git a/sys-apps/hgrep/hgrep b/sys-apps/hgrep/hgrep
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Copyright 2011, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-# Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
-#
-
-find $(finddir B_COMMON_DEVELOP_DIRECTORY)/headers -type f -print0 | xargs -0 egrep "$@"
-
-# TODO add other header directories to search?
diff --git a/sys-apps/hgrep/hgrep-1.0.1.recipe b/sys-apps/hgrep/hgrep-1.0.1.recipe
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-DESCRIPTION="header grep"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.ports.haiku-files.org/"
-SOURCE_URI="http://www.ports.haiku-files.org/export/1970/haikuports/trunk/sys-apps/hgrep/hgrep-1.0.1.zip"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-CHECKSUM_MD5="1c11724bc9fedd058fde03b5a9f242c2"
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd hgrep-1.0.1
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd hgrep-1.0.1
-	BINDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
-	mkdir -p $DESTDIR/$BINDIR
-	cp hgrep $DESTDIR/$BINDIR
-}
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-COPYRIGHT="2011 Haiku, Inc."
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