diff --git a/systemvm/cloudpatch-descriptor.xml b/systemvm/cloudpatch-descriptor.xml
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--- a/systemvm/cloudpatch-descriptor.xml
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@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License.
--->
-<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
-  <id>cloud-scripts</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>tar.gz</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>../patches/systemvm/debian/config/</directory>
-      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
-      <directoryMode>555</directoryMode>
-      <fileMode>555</fileMode>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>../patches/systemvm/debian/vpn/</directory>
-      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
-      <directoryMode>555</directoryMode>
-      <fileMode>555</fileMode>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>../patches/systemvm/debian/xe/</directory>
-      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
-      <directoryMode>555</directoryMode>
-      <fileMode>555</fileMode>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/xe-*</exclude>
-        <exclude>**/xen-*</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>../patches/systemvm/debian/xe/</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>usr/sbin</outputDirectory>
-      <directoryMode>555</directoryMode>
-      <fileMode>555</fileMode>
-      <includes>
-        <include>**/xe-*</include>
-        <include>**/xen-*</include>
-      </includes>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>